Yesterday my 5 year old was having a fit and did not want to go out of the van. But we needed to go to Mass, so I told everyone else go ahead. Then I pleaded and bribed to no avail. Finally, I thought of spanking her to keep her from turning into a brat. But I considered how this might make her hate Church, so I backed off and prayed. Finally, I resorted to my weapons of spiritual warfare and cast out an evil spirit that may be disturbing her. I invoked the name of Jesus on whose authority I rebuked the spirits and ordered them to leave my girl. Without any exaggeration, she calmed down after that. So, I was able to carry her without any resistance. Before that, she probably would be kicking and screaming and there will be no point in dragging her. I placed her in the stroller then carried the baby. As I pulled the stroller closer to holy ground, I thought that any residual tempters will disperse. Sure enough, her temper subsided as soon as we stepped in. Make of it what you will, it is what happened.
Punishments do not make kids better according to St. John Bosco. So, an educator needs to avoid them. That is not to say that one must condone bad behavior. Rather, one must prevent the need to punish by putting kids in situations where they can do no wrong. This is a tall order but it is the one that works – considering the 20+ saints produced by this method.
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3 comments:
Wow!
Interesting!
Thank you for sharing this story.
You sound like a great father.
I might start reading more saints books to get some parenting tips.
Hi RD: I appreciate your kind words. Thanks. Since I have been in the "Don Bosco" system for over 20 years, I guess this is one area where I can contribute the most. If you want to order material directly from the Salesians of St. John Bosco, they have multi-media centers and lots of material about the preventive system - the pedagogy from heaven. God bless.
Thanks very much for that Rick!
Much appreciated.
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