A
"spirited child" refers to a child who is energetic, lively, and has a strong personality. They may be enthusiastic, curious, and assertive in expressing themselves.
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As previously stated, parents
of spirited children can feel as though they are passengers on their child's emotional roller coaster.
All toddlers become anxious when they can't predict what's coming next, but most
spirited children need events spelled out to a degree that you might not expect.
They happen to be
very spirited children, which is no surprise because my husband and I are both spirited people.
Six mini meals eliminates nasty blood sugar drops and the accompanying tantrums that
spirited children often experience.
My children are not the same happy,
free spirited children they once were and still should be, and I know myself their Mother is definitely NOT the Mother I want to be.
Because the feelings
of spirited children are so big and so dynamic, consequences and discipline MUST preserve the integrity of the parent - child relationship.
I feel quite familiar
with spirited children, since I have been living with one (my oldest child) for more than 9 years now.
Raising spirited children can certainly be challenging, but you made a lot of valid points that will be helpful to any parents with these exceptional kids
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Mormon theology teaches that God is only one of countless gods, that he used to be a man on another planet, that he became a god by following the laws and ordinances of that god on that world, and that he brought one of his wives to this world with whom he produces
spirit children who then inhabit human bodies at birth.
Or read a collection of API's articles for parents of
spirited children in the «Loving Uniquely» issue of the print magazine.
(By the way, we believe in pre-mortal existence where we were born
as spirit children, which we also believe in every living thing having a soul two but anyways thats not revelant...) Which was when they were at the «drawing board» of the plan of Earth and everything and how they were going to do everything i.e. who was going to be the savior (because every body needs an atonement so we can go back and repent).
As my
own spirited child flipped through the book with his set of post-it notes, he read empowering messages along the way, and got more and more excited.
Further, the Mormon Church teaches eternal progression, through which a man can himself become a god, be «sealed» to a wife (or wives) in a «celestial marriage,» and
produce spirit children to populate another planet.
They
believe spirit children that didn't fight valiently during the battle in heaven were born of black skin vs those who did with white skin.
As a Mormon I believed that if my husband and I were righteous enough, we'd become gods and with additional wives, we'd have oodles of
spirit children together.
Despite your bravado, you're ill - prepared for the next question from
waitress Spirit Child, which is tricky indeed.
If, when your child woke, ate, dressed, and went out, was different every day, you already know — surprises
trigger spirited children.
Her savage depiction of trailer park life and the woes of single motherhood will leave one outraged, yet filled with love for this
high spirited child..
While all toddlers exhibit a desire for autonomy,
spirited children tend to be incredibly forthright, have particularly strong feelings and can seem like they are on an emotional rollercoaster.
Raising spirited children can certainly be challenging, but you made a lot of valid points that will be helpful to any parents with these exceptional kids
To become like him we must have all the powers of godhood; thus a man and his wife when glorified will have
spirit children who eventually will go on an earth like this one we are on and pass through the same kind of experiences, being subject to mortal conditions, and if faithful, then they also will receive the fullness of exaltation and partake of the same blessings.
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Or perhaps she has more than one child, or
very spirited children, who are more practically conveyed in a stroller.
The Mormon Church portrays Jesus as a created being, conceived by an incarnate Father and Mary, and that we all can become gods and have our
own spirit children to worship us, etc..
That this god and his many wives in heaven (in Mitt's case the first class level of the three levels of heaven) will spawn mult.itudes
of spirit children on this planet.
Mormons believe that God was once a man on some unknown planet who progressed to being God by his own works and they also believe that Jesus Christ is a created being who was
a spirit child who was the brother of Lucifer where Jesus» salvation plan was chosen by a council of gods over his brother Lucifer's plan who then rebelled and became the devil.
Do you believe that God is married and we were once
all spirit children of that marriage before coming to this existence?
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