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ChessMaster
#11 Posted : Thursday, March 14, 2013 11:28:39 PM
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Mukiri wrote:
Bigchick wrote:
Wow Mukiri...........I admire...........

I wish you were my parent.

Good recommendation.

You'd like to call me 'Daddy'?Pray

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Dash
#12 Posted : Friday, March 15, 2013 6:32:19 AM
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From experience no book prepares you for parenting. As someone said above look for parents who have experience. There is a wealth of knowledge there! Start with your parents.
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Annti_Christy
#13 Posted : Friday, March 15, 2013 8:31:33 AM
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nakujua wrote:
the books from the west won't help you much, start spending more time with people who have raised kids, the best education you can get is by accumulating as much from the real life experiences and hope you will be prepared to encounter the same.

though they always find a new unique thing to test you with.


i tend to agree with you. the status of children of the west indicates the 'efficacy' of those books.
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washiku
#14 Posted : Friday, March 15, 2013 8:46:06 AM
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Mukiri wrote:
Bigchick wrote:
Wow Mukiri...........I admire...........

I wish you were my parent.

Good recommendation.

You'd like to call me 'Daddy'?Pray


Maybe a "sugar-ered" one for that matter!Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly
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2012
#15 Posted : Friday, March 15, 2013 8:54:29 AM
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phantom wrote:
Guys I need help on which books to read about parenting. Assistance highly appreciated.


My advice to you being a father of two kids, don't be academic in your parenting because you're not raising robots. If God has given you children, he has equipped you with all you need. It's automatic and all children are unique in a way only their parents can understand.

Oh but you could get these books so you can know what to watch out for in your child:
1. What to expect when you are expecting (which I think you have)
2. What to expect the first year.

BBI will solve it :)
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nakujua
#16 Posted : Friday, March 15, 2013 10:28:35 AM
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ChessMaster wrote:
Mukiri wrote:
Bigchick wrote:
Wow Mukiri...........I admire...........

I wish you were my parent.

Good recommendation.

You'd like to call me 'Daddy'?Pray

Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly

Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly , enyewe you need the books
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Blackberry
#17 Posted : Friday, March 15, 2013 10:49:25 AM
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aemathenge wrote:
phantom wrote:
Guys I need help on which books to read about parenting. Assistance highly appreciated.

Yeaaaah. I know.

Being a parent to a teenager is so very challenging.

It is a stage he/she is going through.

Did you expect she would be daddy's little girl or mummy's baba for the rest of your life?


yeah Right... Teenage years is the worst of them.. #stollen
“Mothers of Teenagers Know Why Animals Eat Their Young”Pray Pray Pray

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Impunity
#18 Posted : Friday, March 15, 2013 10:52:39 AM
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Mukiri wrote:
Bigchick wrote:
Wow Mukiri...........I admire...........

I wish you were my parent.

Good recommendation.

You'd like to call me 'Daddy'?Pray


"Ohh my God" too!

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Mukiri
#19 Posted : Friday, March 15, 2013 11:22:38 AM
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Something I remember from Gordon Neufeld
1. Reward system. Parents have this thing about rewarding good behavior. But what is its effect? Reward is a form of manipulation. No one, least of all a child wants to be manipulated. Once they realize that, kwisha wewe. He talked about sex, what if you paid your spouse after every touchdown? Would it motivate him/her to engage in more future coitus? Prostitutes don't look forward to aviation.
2. Every action having a similar and opposite reaction. What is the reaction of a child after telling him/her to do something? He equated that to, how do you feel when you tell yourself you will do something. Don't you immediately feel resistance? How then do you get yourself, someone, a child to do something whilst not encountering any resistance?

Boss, I learnt things I've never thought of.

Proverbs 19:21
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Peppy
#20 Posted : Friday, March 15, 2013 11:30:04 AM
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Teach your children how to read. I don't mean the academic stuff, there are a lot of books on adventure, discovery eg mountains, continents, stuff under the sea etc. then depending on age, you can read together and discuss as a family. Helps you bond with the kids and they know that you are always available for any questions. You can also buy bible stories that are age specific at Text Book Centre and Christian Bookshops and do simple Bible Stories in the evenings with them. This will help you avoid tension filled TV with so much politics.

Buy cookery books and learn how to make stuff with them like pizza. these are small activities that help parents get close to children and you are able to 'listen' to a child then.
Another good place to get second hand books is Toi Market, next to Winners Chapel, you'll be amazed at the stuff they have for Kshs100 each. With Kshs 1,000 you can get 10 books per month and build a home library polepole.
I can do everything through Christ who strengthens me: Phil 4: 13
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