Agency

We had a great lesson about agency in church, yesterday. A lot of it revolved around how to teach our children to make wise choices. The sister that taught, read part of a newspaper column. In it the author talked about the fact that there is too much negativity in directions. He thought there were way too many "Don'ts" and not enough "Dos". For example, when the kids are yelling, what do we do? Tell them to stop yelling, rather than give them something to do, such as play quietly, or whisper or be reverent.

I do give alternatives at times, but I, too am guilty of just saying "no", or "don't" rather than giving a GOOD alternative. That is my new goal.