I found these questions "23 Great Questions to Ask Your Kids" and so today I decided to ask them. Some of the questions are too hard for them to answer or understand but I loved some of them and most of all my kids loved the one on one and me asking them questions and listening to them.
My favorite was "When you pray, how do you picture God?". My kids answered with smiling, standing right next to me, looking down from the sky and tall with no hair. I did learn that I yell or talk rough too much because they all answered that when I asked what I did that hurt their feelings they said I don't really yell just get a rough voice and upset so I guess I know what I need to work on and pray about. It is really icky to hear that and makes me feel like scum but in reality I'm human and I can't change what I've done but I can work on my responses. I really am not suprised because I know it. I am not a patient person and I try to apologize to them for my mistakes. It's not what I want them to grow up remembering about me. Am I the only one that has messed up as a parent but keeps on trying to improve? What areas are you working on? What questions were your favorite?
My last question for you is the last one "What is the most important decision you will ever make?" My answer is the decision to ask Jesus to be in my life and my heart forever as my best friend.
Excellent idea to create interaction and understandings between children and their parents. I wish my kids were young and still at home so we could go through the list... well, no... I guess I am happy we are at this new stage in our lives. Our goal as parents were to model Christ as best we could to our kids (sometimes not easy), introduce them to Christ, and do a little better job than our parents did raising us. I think that's all God asks of us.... If every generation of parents try to be a little bit better (and learn from their mistakes), think of the results! We are thankful that our boys accepted Christ, at the very same time, 200 miles away from each other!!! God is amazing and we were blessed with two great kids.
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