Sunday, July 1, 2012

How to motivate Daniel

Daniel and I have come to a new understanding.  I have tried not to have the kids play on the computers on Sundays.  I have been good about this off and on depending on how tired or busy I happen to be on any given Sunday.  I have been praying and asking my Heavenly Father to help me to not only teach my boys about the gospel to help me motivate them to want to learn the messages.  It started a few Sundays ago when I asked Daniel if he would practice some Articles of Faith with me.  I told him that for every Article of Faith he could memorize I would give him 10 minutes on the computer.  He told me 6 that day.  He then began earning minutes doing other Sunday appropriate activites like reading articles in the Friend.  Now he does these activities without even a suggestion from me.today he read a quote from Elder Russell M. Nelson that said "The influence of your mother will bless you throughout life."  
Elder Russell M. Nelson

This touched my heart because that is my ultimate goal in life to influence my children's lives for good.  I realized that just like different children need different discipline they also need different motivation.  What is right for one family may not work in my family and it is my job to figure out what works and how to motivate my children to want to learn the gospel.