Star Values
30 Oct 2011 Leave a Comment
in family, life Tags: biblical motherhood, biblical parenting, discipline, kids, motherhood, parenting, values
Well, hello again! This song and dance is getting a bit old, isn’t it?
I have returned yet again to blogland, but this time at least I don’t have my tail between my legs. I know I’ve been away for a while, but I’m proud of it this time instead of ashamed for falling behind. You see, I’ve been out there living my real life, actually doing some of the things I’ve previously spent so much energy blogging about!
It’s ironic that now that I am finally doing the cool stuff I would have loved to show off through the blog several months ago, I don’t have the time to blog about it. 
But anyway, I am making this post because I do actually have a minute, and because I accomplished something I’m proud enough of to put forth the extra effort to share with you.
Hosanna turned two a couple of weeks ago (oh, now you see why I have my hands full!) and, just like we did for her first birthday, her dad and I met for a little vision-casting for the next year of her life. We have only had two of these little meetings thus far, but I am really quite attached to them and I hope we have them to coincide with each of our children’s birthdays over the coming year. It just helps us get on the same page about where we are succeeding and failing, and some actionable things we can do to improve our parenting.
One of the topics we covered this year was getting together a more fleshed-out system for rewards and consequences. I’m also on a big kick for starting to teach our little one some Biblical values for life. And thus, I have created:
Hosanna's Star Values Chart!
We took some time and prayed over it, and these are the core values we have decided to focus on teaching our daughter for the rest of her life with us. It’s called her “star chart” because she will get a star sticker (she loves nothing more than stickers) each time she demonstrates one of these behaviors. There is a smaller version I can print out and stick up on our refrigerator (which has each value’s Bible verse printed out on it as well) where she can put her stickers, all with a great deal of pomp and circumstance of course.
For now, because she’s two and loves stickers, the stickers themselves are the rewards. We are well aware that in coming years we will have to “upgrade” the system, so that stickers can be traded for some more tangible reward, but we will enjoy this simple phase while it lasts. And if nothing else, praising her for doing good things will give us more opportunities to discuss what God expects of us (and maybe some of these values will rub off on us, too.)
Hope you enjoyed catching up! And I hope this blesses you.
