As homeschooling parents, we have a lot of opportunity (all day long!) to teach and correct our children, but we need to make sure we are not criticizing when doing so. Dr. John Lund said, "Criticism is extremely toxic to the human spirit. It is more likely to kill the desire for change than it is to inspire it.” Whether we are correcting attitudes, behaviors, spelling words or math problems, doing it the "right way" can lift and bless our children, strengthen their self esteem and the relationship we have with them. In this class we will learn proven principles and methods that will teach us how to properly and lovingly correct our children, which begins with disciplining our own emotions and feelings. Criticizing is easy, but correcting with love is a fine art (a Christlike attribute) that must be practiced and learned one step at a time. President Hinckley said, "There is no discipline in all the world like the discipline of love. It has a magic all its own."
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Classes by this Speaker
Correcting, Not Criticizing
Managing Expectations
What happens when you dream of your newborn being the next “Monson scholar,” only to find out later that he/she has significant learning difficulties? Or, when you’ve imagined the “perfect” homeschool for years (clean and organized house, dinner in the crockpot, excited and cooperative children gathered around an amazing science experiment on the kitchen table) only to find out that reality is nothing like what you pictured? Or, what if Mom’s and Dad’s visions of what “school” should be are radically different? We all desire to help our children reach their fullest potential, but it is important to remember that there is more than one path up the mountain of success. Every child has different abilities, struggles, needs, talents and personal life missions. One child’s path may be to march straight up that mountain, while another will have to take side roads and wind slowly around the mountain until they reach the top. Shawn and Melissa will share 10 years of experience as homeschool parents and discuss the importance of communicating, unifying expectations, being flexible and learning to adjust as needed.
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Biography
Melissa Coombs grew up in Lugoff, South Carolina. An excellent student, she was awarded academic and Journalism scholarships to the University of South Carolina. She later attended UVSC and BYU in Provo, Utah and it was there she met and married her sweetheart, Shawn. They have been married for almost 20 years and have five children. The author of “The Hows and Whys of the Year Supply,” Melissa is passionate about food storage and preparedness and is a popular speaker on these subjects. She and her family raise a huge garden every summer and bottle hundreds of jars of fruits and vegetables each year. Melissa and her family also love outdoor activities, including hiking, camping, canoeing, fishing and rappelling. Melissa especially enjoys raising Buff Orpingtons (that’s laying hens, to us city folk!). Melissa used to think that homeschooling was the craziest thing she ever heard of, until the Lord told her that she needed to homeschool her own children. Although she really knew very little about the subject, she jumped in with both feet and quickly learned a lot! She now knows that it is the best thing she has ever done for her family. She has been homeschooling her three sons and two daughters for the past ten years, and although “it’s the hardest thing [she] has ever tried to do,” she absolutely loves it!
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