laying down the rails and age

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  • October 15, 2015 at 10:05 pm
    jill smith
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    Hi, we just got laying down the rail. I am curious at what age do start and stop it we are just beginning this with the kids?

    I really need to form good habits in my dds . How intense is this book? Is there a specific habit you all start with first? I feel we have so many to work on and hope its not to late! My husband works long hours and doesn’t typically get home until almost 7 p.m. so I carry  most of the load. Praying for a better job for with less hour and good pay. I am even willing to move.:) Any ways, got on a rabbit trail. So, just to share a few bad habits is the listening and chores. We have 6 kids now with our foster baby, which takes a lot of time, so I cant always get to everything daily. My two older boys don’t help out like I think they should. Ages 13 and 17. There is a lot of picking and bickering all the time, it drives me nuts to the point I end up yelling.  I don’t want to have school days and weeks like this any longer. I hope for some good advice on this.

     

     

    October 16, 2015 at 9:23 am
    HollyS
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    Which LDTR book(s) did you purchase?

    I pick a habit to focus on and read through that section of LDTR.  Once a week we do a lesson or two from the LDTR for Children book on our habit.  Some lessons are discussing a Bible verse, some have a short activity, and some have a short reading.  All my DC (ages 13 to 1) listen in…although I’m not sure my 1yo gets much from it.  😉  We try to focus on how to apply the lesson to their lives.  Sometimes we set specific goals to work on.  When we did cleanliness, we focused on brushing/flossing 2x per day.  I made sure it got done at both times of the day and set up a sign in the bathroom as a reminder.  Now that we’re working on attention, it’s not as easy to have a specific goal like that, so our lessons are a bit different.  We talked about the importance of listening to sermons and school lessons, we talked about why we do a picture study (to practice paying attention to the details),  etc.

    As far as all the other bad habits…It’s difficult to do!  My DC don’t want to do chores at the moment and I have to keep prodding them along.  🙁  We also have a bit of fighting and arguing on a daily basis.  I just keep trying my best and I do see progress as they get older, but on a daily basis, it can be hard to see.

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