Where was this guidance when I was growing up? (For my parents)

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I hope that you plan on having a great day, because I do! :-)

I was not raised as one of Jehovah's Witnesses, although, as a child, I remember the Witnesses calling on my parents when we lived in Wyoming, out on 40 acres, basically squatters, under the guise that my Father was a Missionary trying to religiously reach the population on the Indian Reservations. So I grew up in a religious family, but it wasn't until reaching my late 20's did I realize that it was a religiously divided family. My father was Pentecostal, my mother, well, I am not sure what her religious affiliation is... I just know it differed from dad's. At any rate, many years later, Jehovah's Witnesses helped me learn what the Bible really says about maters, using the study guide, What Does the Bible Really Teach? And yes, I learned many things from the Bible with that book that my religious parents didn't teach, either because they didn't know, or they were just following their religiously taught traditions from man.

On reflection, there was a lot of negativity in our family. Rules, Rules, Rules, degrading talk, threats of going to Hell if we weren't good, talk of worthlessness, (my dad's favorite thing to say to my sis and I was, "you'll never amount to anything,") whippings for every time we did something bad, always a harsh word for wrong doing, (always from dad, mom never seems to say much of anything,) never an explanation of why we should do the right thing.

All of that brings me to the reason for this Blog, and the reason for the Question asked by me in the Title of this Blog, Where was this guidance when I was growing up?

How to Praise Children

After reading this article, I felt I should share it with others, because I truly believe that parental guidance through love accomplishes more that guidance through harshness and negativity. One paragraph in particular touched my heart:

Give constructive criticism. When given in the right manner, negative feedback will help a child, not crush his spirit. Also, if you regularly give appropriate praise, likely your child will welcome feedback on how he can further improve. Then his achievements will become a source of satisfaction both to him and to you.—Bible principle: Proverbs 13:4.

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All of us as parents have been given the responsibility from Jehovah God of raising our children to the best of our ability. It is my hope that after reading the above article, parents will be able to nurture their children to good deeds and fine works.

The following is supplemental information:

The Secret of Family Happiness - Book (Free Download)

The Simplified Edition of The Watchtower—Helping to Teach Children (Video)