Strong Willed Child - Dr. Dobson

So I will admit I am a strong willed child raising a strong willed child whos grandmothers (all of them ) are strong willed women. I feel as though some days I am beating my head against a wall!! I love my sweet, wonderful, caring, senentive strong willed child.

I know my Child is going to wonderful and great things in life and I know the things she does will only benefit others and not her self (thats just who she is) and I cant wait to see what those awesome things are. Have you just ever know something and you cant exactly say or describe how you know this but you know that that something in ever cell of your body? Well I cant say how I know it, or why I do or how I feel it but I know that my girl Chandler is destined for great and wonderful things and will change many lives for the better with those things. I just know it! I have know since the moment she looked at me in the hospital, I looked down at that wonderful qupie doll face and knew that I was holding a girl who God created just for me and the plans He had for her would be beyond my wildest dreams. I just knew she was a fighter and she would survive and beat all the odd. She is the girl who loves to prove people wrong, she is as indenpent as the day is long and hard headed to the same length. I know thats alot to aquire in our first few moments of her life, but I looked into her face and saw God and knew that she was who she was for his purpose and design. Sitting her writing this I realize that Mary must have felt the same way the first moement she laid her eyes on her sleeping baby Jesus...DO NOT confuse what I am saying, I am NOT saying Chandler is the next Messiah or the next Coming, what I AM saying is that as moms we just know that our kids are special and we just know that God has an awesome plan and we just know and can feel relaxed that its all in His hands.

While reading Dr. Dobsons book on strong willed children I realized ( through his book) that my girl is strong willed for a reason, she needs that strong will to achive her goals and become who God intends for her to be, she needed that strong will to thrive and survive the first few days of life. She needs that now to be who God plans her to bed, its a GIFT not a Hinderance! It needs to be reigned in a little, not stomped, squashed, stopped or break her spirit!!! While being a strong willed child can have its moments, and object authority or reasoning, that is why it needs to be reigned in and teach her the ability to control it to some degree. Its like giving you a medical license you cant doctor people with out the knowledge behind the degree.

I dont exactly know the purose of this blog...I am just reading Dr. Dobsons book and really enjoying it and I guess thought I would share.