Unselfish Children

Read a good article titled "Raise Unselfish Children in a Self-Absorbed World." The author's (Jill Rigby) main points are based off of her same-titled book:

1. Take a hard look at yourself.
2. Accept responsibility and make a plan.
3. Take charge of your kids.
4. Meet all of your children's needs, but not all of their desires.
5. Encourage your kids to place their confidence in God rather than in themselves.
6. Cultivate compassion in your children.
7. Build family togetherness.
8. Help your kids learn how to forgive.
9. Cultivate generosity and gratitude.
10. Give your children opportunities to serve their community.
11. Help your kids make a positive difference in the world.
12. Parent with eternity in view.

Christian Quotes - Marriage

Christian marriage quotes from http://christianquotes.org/ "Marriage: A community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two." -Ambrose Bierce "There is no more lovely, friendly or charming relationship, communion or company, than a good marriage." -Martin Luther "The Bible opens and closes with a wedding." -Selwyn Hughes "Marriage is an exclusive union between one man and one woman, publicly acknowledged, permanently sealed, and physically consummated." -Selwyn Hughes "Marriage was ordained for a remedy and to increase the world and for the man to help the woman and the woman the man, with all love and kindness." -William Tyndale "Wholly abstain or wed." -George Herbert "I have known many happy marriages, but never a compatible one. The whole aim of marriage is to fight through and survive the instant when incompatibility becomes unquestionable." -G.K. Chesterton "Don't marry for money; you can borrow it cheaper." -Author Unknown "In marriage, being the right person is as important as finding the right person." -Wilbert Donald Gough "It is not marriage that fails; it is people that fail. All that marriage does is to show them up." -Harry Emerson Fosdick "Making marriage work is like running a farm. You have to start all over again each morning." -Author Unknown

Christian Quotes - Parenting

Found a neat website of Christian quotes (http://christianquotes.org/.....with documentation). It has a great search feature by topic or author.... Here a few parenting quotes... "There are few principles of human nature stronger than that of imitation." -Lord Palmerston "The children will follow the example, instead of following the advice." -Lord Palmerston "Snow and adolescence are the only problems that disappear if you ignore them long enough." -Earl Wilson "American youngsters tend to live as if adolescence were a last fling at life, rather than a preparation for it." -Author Unknown "For adult education nothing beats children." -Author Unknown "One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters." -George Herbert "Serve God by doing common actions in a heavenly spirit, and then, if your daily calling only leaves you cracks and crevices of time, fill them up with holy service." -Charles Spurgeon "Mothers are the most instinctive philosophers." -Harriet Beecher Stowe