Nanny 911: Parenting for Dummies

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Nanny 911 Parenting for Dummies

• How To Really Mess Up Your Kids

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Act Like Theyre Not Watching

• Follow my example as I follow the example of
  Christ - 1 Corinthians 111 NIV
• Your kids may forget your advice, but they will
  never forget your example. They may not listen to
  your words all the time, but they will always
  follow in your footsteps

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• In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of
  Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah
  began to reign. He did what was right in the eyes
  of the LORD, just as his father Amaziah had done
  - 2 Kings 151-3
• In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of
  Judah, Zechariah son of Jeroboam became king of
  Israel in Samaria, and he reigned six months. He
  did evil in the eyes of the LORD, as his fathers
  had done - 2 Kings 158-9

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Solve All Their Problems

• The lesson- I can do whatever I want and not
  suffer the consequences

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• Misfortune pursues the sinner, but prosperity is
  the reward of the righteous - Proverbs 1321
• Trouble chases sinners, while blessings chase
  the righteous! (New Living Translation)
• The second lesson I am totally inadequate

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Tell Them What You Expect But Never Follow Up

• If you refuse to discipline your children, it
  proves you don't love them if you love your
  children, you will be prompt to discipline them
  - Proverbs
  1324 NLT

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• Consequences must be appropriate and enforceable

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Praise Them for Their Achievements Only
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Talk Them Out of Their Feelings

• A persons thoughts are like water from a deep
  well, but someone with insight can draw them out
  - Proverbs 205

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Never Say Youre Sorry