{"id":797,"date":"2012-03-02T22:37:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-03T03:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/twelve-terrific-times-to-talk-2-malachi-time\/"},"modified":"2015-07-25T16:58:32","modified_gmt":"2015-07-25T20:58:32","slug":"twelve-terrific-times-to-talk-2-malachi-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/twelve-terrific-times-to-talk-2-malachi-time\/","title":{"rendered":"TWELVE TERRIFIC TIMES TO TALK–#2: Malachi Time"},"content":{"rendered":"
# <\/span>2: Malachi Time In addition to talking to our babies and toddlers in the mornings, Dad also communicated with our toddlers and preschoolers at night through what we called \u201cMalachi Time.\u201d Based on the verse in Malachi about \u201cturning the hearts of the fathers to the children and the children to the fathers,\u201d Ray would tuck each child (age two or so and above) in their beds and talk to them. Sometimes he might read to them; sometimes it might be a quick prayer time. Other times, depending on the kids\u2019 needs, Malachi Time would be a thirty to sixty minute event. (We often alternated who got short \u201cMalachis\u201d and who got long ones, making exceptions or changes to the schedule based on kids\u2019 needs [and kids\u2019 behavior\u2014i.e. bad behavior sometimes needed even more talk time– that day!].) <\/p>\n I have fond memories of our little Cami when she was two chasing Ray around the living room crying out, \u201cKy ky time! Ky Ky time!\u201d (How many two year olds do we know who beg to go to bed?? Smile\u2026) Truly, Malachi time was the beginning of a long (fifty to seventy year?) tradition of availability for our children. <\/p>\n # 2: Malachi Time In addition to talking to our babies and toddlers in the mornings, Dad also communicated with our toddlers and preschoolers at night through what we called \u201cMalachi Time.\u201d Based on the verse in Malachi about \u201cturning the hearts of the fathers to the children and the children to the fathers,\u201d Ray […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[630,643,488,633,308,281],"tags":[307,280,283,96,319,314,367],"yoast_head":"\n