26. Root Parenting: Digging Deeper into the Four Root Areas Behind Your Child's Behavior

 There's so much going on below the surface in your child, and all of these things impact your child's attitude and behavior. It's our tendency to respond to the surface behavior  without giving attention to the hidden mysteries of your child's heart, where in lie, the reasons why they're doing what they're doing. So it becomes our goal to figure out what's going on below the surface that's bubbling up and out in less than healthy ways. That's what we're talking about today - the four main roots of our child's heart and how their perceptions and beliefs in those four areas affect their attitudes and behavior."The four main roots of our child's heart: Knowledge Root (what they've learned, what they've experienced, their perceptions of what they've experienced & learned)Spiritual Root (their perceptions of who God is, who God made them to be, and the condition of their soul - are they feeling guilt, are they harboring sin, do they believe they are continually disappointing God)Relational Root (their perceptions about the interactions they have, the social labels they give themselves, their perceptions of the labels that others have given them, the health of their relationships)Physical Root (there are so many ways that your child's physical condition affects their attitude and behavior.  Are you teaching them to monitor these conditions and to become self-sufficient and self-controlled?)It's important not to UNDER-REACT or OVER-REACT when we're dealing with misbehavior, as our RESPONSE teaches the child the VALUE of that behavior. Under-reacting, can send the message that the behavior was "no big deal," while OVER-REACTING is a distraction that keeps the child from the lesson.  They're so distracted by the OVER-REACTION, that they can miss the lesson all together!Read the blog post that goes with this episode.RESOURCESBlog & Podcast: Send Val your encouragement and thoughts about the show.Support the showVisit Val's website: PracticallySpeakingMOM.comJoin Val's Facebook Group Intentional Mom, Strong FamilyFollow Val on Instagram and her Facebook Public Page Practically Speaking MOMWe're on a mission to strengthen families.Want to help cover some of the costs of the show? click here. A few dollars a month would help so much!Here's some other ways to give:Cash App: $valPSMPaypal: [email protected] with a credit card HEREAll donations will be used for the ministry. Gifts are not tax deductible. THANK YOU for partnering in this ministry to strengthen families and encourage intentional moms."May the Words of my mouth and the medit...