Boundaries With Kids

We begin a new study this week: Boundaries With Kids by Dr. Henry Cloud & Dr. John Townsend.

According to the Introduction, "parenting is relentless." Relentless........really?

Per Webster, that's an adjective meaning "showing or promising no abatement of severity, intensity, strength, or pace; unrelenting: relentless pressure, a relentless campaign."

I don't know that I agree. There have been plenty of days when I abated severity & intensity. When I was just too tired to have any strength or pace left. When I just wanted to let the kids win so that I'd have some peace & quiet.

So I asked the group what other words they'd use to describe parenting. They provided:
Tiresome
Rewarding
Challenging
Entertaining
Busy x2
Educational
Frustrating
Selfless

All of those & more?

Maybe that's what makes it relentless. Because of the positives, & despite the negatives, we're in it for the long haul. We don't dare turn our back, or God forbid, give up completely. We relentlessly push through..............Because even on those days when I had given up, I'd be right back at it all the next day - severely, intensely. It never ends. It's there every single day. And you have to deal with it, relentlessly.

Boundaries with Kids will provide a tool with which to instill Responsibilty, Stewardship, and Self-Control in our children. We begin with Session 1 tomorrow night, Building Character in Kids. I hope you can join us: 6:30-8:30, room 102.

If you can't join us, please pick up a copy of Boundaries with Kids and/or the Participant's Guide from any Christian bookstore and follow along with this blog.