{"id":1293,"date":"2010-03-22T23:18:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-22T23:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/day-eighty-one-obediencecontentment-of-a-preschooler\/"},"modified":"2015-06-09T10:40:09","modified_gmt":"2015-06-09T14:40:09","slug":"day-eighty-one-obediencecontentment-of-a-preschooler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/day-eighty-one-obediencecontentment-of-a-preschooler\/","title":{"rendered":"day eighty-one: obedience\/contentment of a preschooler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;\"><strong>\u201cOur philosophy of parenting is that a demanding toddler often becomes a spoiled preschooler; a spoiled preschooler often becomes a difficult elementary child; a difficult elementary child often becomes a surly tween; a surly tween often becomes a rebellious teen; and a rebellious teen often becomes a selfish adult. It doesn\u2019t just magically end. Thus, we worked hard at training our toddlers and preschoolers to obey, be content when he or she did not get his or her own way, be cooperative, etc.\u2014while loving them like crazy.\u201d Monday, March 22nd<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">So was Jonathan really as obedient and content as \u201cJonathan\u2019s Journal\u201d portrays him? Like all families, our preschoolers (well, really, all of us!) had their moments. We had one fairly strong-willed preschooler and one extremely difficult preschooler\u2014who both became delights through toddler and preschool training, love, consistency, and discipline. For the most part, our preschoolers (and especially four of the last five, once we got the hang of parenting young children and set precedents in expected behaviors of our children) really did demonstrate the obedience and joyfulness\/contentment that Jonathan did in our book, and as an aside, he continues to be a selfless, kind, respectful teenager too!<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">This didn\u2019t just happen though. Our philosophy of parenting is that a demanding toddler often becomes a spoiled preschooler; a spoiled preschooler often becomes a difficult elementary child; a difficult elementary child often becomes a surly tween; a surly tween often becomes a rebellious teen; and a rebellious teen often becomes a selfish adult. It doesn\u2019t just magically end. Thus, we worked hard at training our toddlers and preschoolers to obey, be content when he or she did not get his or her own way, be cooperative, etc.\u2014while loving them like crazy.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">We were not \u201cout of balanced\u201d parents who groaned and frowned all the time while demanding that our children behave or else. Likewise, we were not indulgent parents who failed to look into the future and realize that the repercussions of today\u2019s choices in parenting our toddlers and preschoolers were long term\u2014as in life long.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Yes, we maintained an awesome, predictable, consistent, fun-filled, learning enriched, Bible-focused schedule for our preschoolers\u2014and we expected obedience and contentment from them as well. It can be done\u2014and we are here to tell you that you can absolutely love getting up in the mornings and spending your days with these little people. You do not have to hope that Grandma comes to take a child off your hands or pray that bedtime will arrive soon. (Not that you will never feel those things\u2014let\u2019s be realistic; however, those feelings do not have to be the norm.) You can have obedient, content preschoolers as you, not they, schedule their day and make decisions for their well-being.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cOur philosophy of parenting is that a demanding toddler often becomes a spoiled preschooler; a spoiled preschooler often becomes a difficult elementary child; a difficult elementary child often becomes a surly tween; a surly tween often becomes a rebellious teen; and a rebellious teen often becomes a selfish adult. It doesn\u2019t just magically end. 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