Wholly Mama
03-07-2006, 03:26 PM
I host a Bible study at my house once a week (We're going through Biblical Parenting! :mrgreen). It goes for two hours and is an awesome time. We all bring our kids and understand that it's a little bit of talking, a little bit of helping to resolve conflicts between children, a little bit of changing diapers, breastfeeding, giving snacks, finding new games for the kids, etc. We get the study done while we parent, basically.
My kids seem to be the only issue. They LOVE having "friends" come over, but they seem to be the only ones who have problems. I don't want to make excuses for my kids. I think that they're pretty intense, but I'm embarrassed that they are always fighting and yelling at each other. After all, I'm leading a GBD bible study, and look at this poor GBD example they have! They get overly stimulated by all the kids there, and get crazy.
I do a lot of conflict resolution with them, but I'm afraid I'm never going to be able to sit down and be part of the discussion since I have to be in between my kids at all times.
Also, I need some help with another thing. When it's just us at home they do really well, I feel they are well-behaved kids. But if my attention is focused on someone else, they constantly vy for my attention. This is especially apparent in the form of interrrupting to tell me everything they're doing. How do I deal with this?
My kids seem to be the only issue. They LOVE having "friends" come over, but they seem to be the only ones who have problems. I don't want to make excuses for my kids. I think that they're pretty intense, but I'm embarrassed that they are always fighting and yelling at each other. After all, I'm leading a GBD bible study, and look at this poor GBD example they have! They get overly stimulated by all the kids there, and get crazy.
I do a lot of conflict resolution with them, but I'm afraid I'm never going to be able to sit down and be part of the discussion since I have to be in between my kids at all times.
Also, I need some help with another thing. When it's just us at home they do really well, I feel they are well-behaved kids. But if my attention is focused on someone else, they constantly vy for my attention. This is especially apparent in the form of interrrupting to tell me everything they're doing. How do I deal with this?