{"id":2609,"date":"2019-06-27T11:10:11","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T17:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/?p=2609"},"modified":"2019-06-27T11:10:11","modified_gmt":"2019-06-27T17:10:11","slug":"purposeful-parenting-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/?p=2609","title":{"rendered":"Purposeful Parenting Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/purposeful-parenting-pic-2.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2610\" src=\"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/purposeful-parenting-pic-2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/purposeful-parenting-pic-2-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/purposeful-parenting-pic-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/purposeful-parenting-pic-2-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/purposeful-parenting-pic-2.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Parents, let\u2019s face it\u2014with all the routines and interruptions of each day, we can easily fall into a rut.\u00a0 How about making a conscious effort to teach character traits to our children?\u00a0 Choose one trait a week then determine what you can <strong>do<\/strong> and <strong>say<\/strong> to reinforce it.\u00a0 Here are a few character traits with ideas to help your child remember.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kindness <\/strong>\u2013 Take your child to visit someone elderly; Volunteer for you and your children to deliver meals to the shut-ins once a week while they are out for the summer; Hold the door open for those behind you as you enter and exit stores; Be sure to say \u201cthank you\u201d to those who serve you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Generosity<\/strong> \u2013 Pay for the car behind you in a fast food drive-through; Take a meal to someone you know who has had a baby, come home from the hospital, or had a death in the family; Have the kids help bake cookies and take them to a neighbor or a fire department near you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Responsibility \u2013 <\/strong>Give children household chores\u2014not to get paid for them, but because it is their responsibility.\u00a0 They should work together as an important part of the\u201d family team\u201d to make a happier home.\u00a0 When they do their part, have a \u201cfamily team\u201d outing to celebrate.<\/p>\n<p>These are just a few character traits and ideas.\u00a0 The main thing to remember is to point the trait out to the children while doing the activities\u2014make the character trait a talking point.\u00a0 Include your children in knowing how to treat others and the world around them.\u00a0 Make the most of your time to infuse greatness into them!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parents, let\u2019s face it\u2014with all the routines and interruptions of each day, we can easily fall into a rut.\u00a0 How about making a conscious effort to teach character traits to our children?\u00a0 Choose one trait a week then determine what you can do and say to reinforce it.\u00a0 Here are a few character traits with<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":2610,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2609"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2611,"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2609\/revisions\/2611"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}