SquirrellyMama Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 How do you help your children value their friends? I have a 5 yr old that latches to one friend for a time and is mean to his other friends. How do I stop that? I was very similar as a child but no one ever stopped me and I have no clue how to help. I've told him I will not let him play with the friends he is close to if he cannot value all of his friends. The friends he latches onto changes from time to time as it did with me as a child. Are there bible verses to help? I try helping him with the Bible but he doesn't get it usually. He doesn't internalize it. Kelly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 I think I would address it more from the standpoint of "you may not be mean to anyone". However I might also stress the loyalty and faithfulness of God . A good friend is also loyal and faithful. Our feelings of closeness to others may ebb and flow. So he may want to invite one friend over more for a time. But if he is in a group, he must be kind to everyone in the group. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SquirrellyMama Posted March 19, 2009 Author Share Posted March 19, 2009 I have addressed the fact that he must be kind to everyone but he isn't listening. I can see he isn't listening. He's got that far away look that I used to get as a kid. We make him look at us but you can still see the vacant look. He's refusing to hear what we are saying. I'm not sure how to correct that either. I used to do it to my parents but they either never caught on or didn't know how to change it either. Kelly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SquirrellyMama Posted March 19, 2009 Author Share Posted March 19, 2009 I thought I had started a new thread for this. Ooops :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 I have addressed the fact that he must be kind to everyone but he isn't listening. I can see he isn't listening. He's got that far away look that I used to get as a kid. We make him look at us but you can still see the vacant look. He's refusing to hear what we are saying. I'm not sure how to correct that either. I used to do it to my parents but they either never caught on or didn't know how to change it either. Kelly Then as soon as he is mean to someone he needs to leave the group. At that point it is a disobedience thing pure and simple. You told him to be nice to people and he isn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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