Comments on: Creating Quality Time With Your Kids http://powertochange.com Sun, 03 Jun 2012 03:58:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Vani http://powertochange.com/experience/family/qualitytime/comment-page-1/#comment-50542 Vani Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:28:14 +0000 http://thelife.com/?page_id=5327#comment-50542 Thank you for the advise which as a single mom I have been doing bits and pieces now and again. I have three children, all of whom I have aodpted for many reasons. The eldest boy is 16, the girl is 12 and the youngest boy is 3. Ensuring that you are on the same wave length as your children is a real effort. To be a good parent, we need to be able to stay tuned with their thoughts and views on issues. It does make a difference when communication with them is open with understanding and support. Thank you for the advise which as a single mom I have been doing bits and pieces now and again. I have three children, all of whom I have aodpted for many reasons. The eldest boy is 16, the girl is 12 and the youngest boy is 3. Ensuring that you are on the same wave length as your children is a real effort. To be a good parent, we need to be able to stay tuned with their thoughts and views on issues. It does make a difference when communication with them is open with understanding and support.

]]> By: samuel mwaura http://powertochange.com/experience/family/qualitytime/comment-page-1/#comment-49607 samuel mwaura Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:20:56 +0000 http://thelife.com/?page_id=5327#comment-49607 Hey.. Dave.. if i say ua superdad that would be an understatement.. ua a super dad.. often men feel the pressure of being a full time bread winner and at the same time being a full time dad.. its good to see that men can learn to be both from folks like u.. its very encouraging to here how d dad is managing his role as head of the house.. like u say.. being a dad is a full time job.. i guess the trick is not to forget that fact, even when the professional man angle comes to play.. there is no greater joy than for a dad to spend quality time with the kids.. they grow up so fast these days that its hard to catch up sometimes.. demands for fatherhood are astronomical.. sometimes its hard to be all things to your kids.. some dads find it hard to balance quality time with quantity time.. these two are almost similar but truth is, they are miles apart.. i guess what am trying to sat is that fathers need to be encouraged to be there for their kids no matter how hard at times it can be.. the professional angle sometimes tend to distract fathers alot.. sometimes bread winning becomes the level of commitment to some dads.. problem is that kids love their dad regardless of the money they make.. regardless of the position they hold.. they just want daddy.. love is a sacrifice.. true.. sometimes we make the wrong kind of sacrifices in the name of love.. nothing can ever replace the time one spends with the kids.. kids are surprisingly adaptive to the environment they grow up in.. sa long as they feel loved.. cherished above all things.. held in hi esteem by their fathers.. scripture says that love conquers all things.. and when fathers make mistakes.. kids don't stay mad for long.. they just want daddy.. children have an in - built mechanism that allows them to overlook infractions committed by fathers.. love cover a multitude of sins.. and when fathers know this.. they joy they feel overcrowds all mistakes made.. time is the most valuable gift a father can ever give his kids.. so.. its good to make the best ues of it.. even when time is congested.. kids still need daddy around.. that's why love is a sacrifice.. it forces sometimes, the re - drafting of time schedules and re evaluation of priorities.. to see if our kids come first.. or do we just include them in our busy daily hustles.. its never too late to make changes in the way we handle our time with the kids.. no one is born with all the answers.. no one knows how to be truly awesome with kids.. fathers.. its an on job training thing.. each kid is individually inclined.. kids need individualized attention and at the same time, they need to know that dad has no favourite son or daughter in the homestead.. Joseph was a victim of favouritsm.. and his brothers felt the pinch.. why would father not make technicolour coats for all his boys.. time is good for kids.. as long as they don't feel father spends to much time with Tommy and not Ruthy.. love equally given.. then meshed with time.. that's a winning combo for fatherhood.. Hey.. Dave.. if i say ua superdad that would be an understatement.. ua a super dad.. often men feel the pressure of being a full time bread winner and at the same time being a full time dad..

its good to see that men can learn to be both from folks like u.. its very encouraging to here how d dad is managing his role as head of the house..

like u say.. being a dad is a full time job.. i guess the trick is not to forget that fact, even when the professional man angle comes to play..

there is no greater joy than for a dad to spend quality time with the kids.. they grow up so fast these days that its hard to catch up sometimes..

demands for fatherhood are astronomical.. sometimes its hard to be all things to your kids.. some dads find it hard to balance quality time with quantity time.. these two are almost similar but truth is, they are miles apart..

i guess what am trying to sat is that fathers need to be encouraged to be there for their kids no matter how hard at times it can be..

the professional angle sometimes tend to distract fathers alot.. sometimes bread winning becomes the level of commitment to some dads.. problem is that kids love their dad regardless of the money they make.. regardless of the position they hold.. they just want daddy..

love is a sacrifice.. true.. sometimes we make the wrong kind of sacrifices in the name of love.. nothing can ever replace the time one spends with the kids.. kids are surprisingly adaptive to the environment they grow up in.. sa long as they feel loved.. cherished above all things.. held in hi esteem by their fathers..

scripture says that love conquers all things.. and when fathers make mistakes.. kids don’t stay mad for long.. they just want daddy..

children have an in – built mechanism that allows them to overlook infractions committed by fathers.. love cover a multitude of sins.. and when fathers know this.. they joy they feel overcrowds all mistakes made..

time is the most valuable gift a father can ever give his kids.. so.. its good to make the best ues of it.. even when time is congested.. kids still need daddy around..

that’s why love is a sacrifice.. it forces sometimes, the re – drafting of time schedules and re evaluation of priorities.. to see if our kids come first.. or do we just include them in our busy daily hustles..

its never too late to make changes in the way we handle our time with the kids.. no one is born with all the answers.. no one knows how to be truly awesome with kids..

fathers.. its an on job training thing.. each kid is individually inclined.. kids need individualized attention and at the same time, they need to know that dad has no favourite son or daughter in the homestead..

Joseph was a victim of favouritsm.. and his brothers felt the pinch.. why would father not make technicolour coats for all his boys..

time is good for kids.. as long as they don’t feel father spends to much time with Tommy and not Ruthy.. love equally given.. then meshed with time.. that’s a winning combo for fatherhood..

]]> By: Mable Taylor Chipeta http://powertochange.com/experience/family/qualitytime/comment-page-1/#comment-49596 Mable Taylor Chipeta Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:33:24 +0000 http://thelife.com/?page_id=5327#comment-49596 Thanks very much for the timely advice. it has come at a right time for me. i have two children boy aged 5 and girl aged 2. they are indeed a blessing from God. thank you so very much. best regards Mable - Zambia Thanks very much for the timely advice. it has come at a right time for me. i have two children boy aged 5 and girl aged 2. they are indeed a blessing from God. thank you so very much.

best regards

Mable – Zambia

]]> By: Henry Ogeto Obonyo http://powertochange.com/experience/family/qualitytime/comment-page-1/#comment-36439 Henry Ogeto Obonyo Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:32:58 +0000 http://thelife.com/?page_id=5327#comment-36439 Thanks for the good work that you are doing in equiping the men and women of God of cultivating the good relationship in our families. Best regards Henry ogeto Obonyo Pastor Thanks for the good work that you are doing in equiping the men and women of God of cultivating the good relationship in our families.

Best regards
Henry ogeto Obonyo
Pastor

]]> By: Ginny http://powertochange.com/experience/family/qualitytime/comment-page-1/#comment-35001 Ginny Thu, 01 Jan 2009 13:08:49 +0000 http://thelife.com/?page_id=5327#comment-35001 Dear Mr. Klassen, Thank you for your great advice. I am married, have two boys and both their Father and I work full time. One boy is 13 and one is 3! Whew! We have to stay very in tuned to current events and sports so we can converse with our teenager and also keep the kneepads close by for when we are on the floor playing with matchbox cars and fire trucks! We love and it and certainly agree children are a Gift from God. Happy New Year to you. Dear Mr. Klassen,
Thank you for your great advice. I am married, have two boys and both their Father and I work full time. One boy is 13 and one is 3! Whew! We have to stay very in tuned to current events and sports so we can converse with our teenager and also keep the kneepads close by for when we are on the floor playing with matchbox cars and fire trucks! We love and it and certainly agree children are a Gift from God. Happy New Year to you.

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