”Train up a child in the way that he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” (Proverbs 22:6)

Train up, not discipline up, or threaten up, or even “time-out” up… yet that is what many of us do. Not reason up… have you ever heard or seen or even been a parent who constantly reasons with their child? They try to reason with a temper tantrum throwing two year old… it doesn’t work very well. We constantly teach bad behaviors by rewarding them and we start this practically at birth!

If you are blessed enough to be reading this and your child(ren) are still small, you must invest in the Train Up A Child series of books. Get one at a time if you have to, but for the sake of your children and your own sanity, invest in them!

I came across them after my kids were bigger and making changes was more difficult. It’s not impossible, but it’s certainly more difficult if you train them wrong and then have to un-train them what you’ve already trained them and then re-train them. If you start out when they’re young with proper training, it will save a lot of trouble when they are older.

If you are reading this and your kids are older, it’s not too late. It’s never too late. I learned a lot from this series and there are topics covering older kids and teens as well. Proper training techniques lay a solid foundation of knowledge and help us to better realize where it was that we may have gone wrong so far, and gives us a good understanding of what the real goal is with regard to behavior training.

I highly recommend these books no matter what your child(ren)’s age.