| SELF-CONTROL: The ability to control
your actions and emotions on your own
Vs. Self-indulgence
- SUGGESTED READING:
The Value of Discipline
What Does it Mean? Angry
What Does it Mean? Afraid
Miss Nelson is Missing
Galatians 5:24-25
FAMILY ACTIVITY:
- Parents can talk to their children about: saving part of their
allowance, how to use their time wisely, how to conserve energy, and
why they should recycle.
- Talk to your children about fear and ways to deal with and manage
their fears.
- Reward your children when they remain calm in aggravating
situations. If they lose their cool, you will pay attention to them
when you punish them so give them positive attention by rewarding
them when they keep their cool. A few kind words or a hug goes a
long way.
CLASS ACTIVITY:
- Have students write and perform short skits about keeping one's
"cool" in different situations.
- During P.E. or recess games, discourage students from boasting
when they succeed at a game.
HIGH SCHOOL ACTIVITY:
- Self-control is important in any profession. Using examples from
current events and class work, discuss what the effects of different
people losing control of themselves have been.
CREATING A POSITIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT:
- Just as it is important for students to remain calm, teachers must
do so as well. Outbursts of anger are often self-defeating. They
allow an unruly student to feel they have beaten the teacher and
thus encourages his or her behavior as much as the punishment
discourages it.
"Prudent, cautious self-control is wisdom's root."
-Robert Burns
"The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you
feel you must say something or bust." -Josh Billing
"Not to have control over the senses is like sailing in a
rudderless ship, bound to break to pieces on coming in contact with the
very first rock." -Mahatma Gandhi
"The road to distinction must be paved with years of
self-denial and hard work." -O.S. Marden
Perform a Random Act of Kindness Each Day
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