Lindsay Leiviska, a wife, mom of three, and an educator with her Masters in Teaching, equips moms with the truth of God’s heart for the broken of this world. Anchored in the Gospel, current understanding of brain science and her training in her 20 years of experience working with children in a variety of capacities, she shares her 4-step framework for parenting higher-needs children in her book. Lindsay founded her organization, A Heart For All Students, with a mission to equip moms to confidently parent, educate, and love their uniquely-designed child to thrive with confidence and purpose.
Resources Lindsay mentions:
The Whole Brain Child by Daniel Siegel
Brainstorm (teenage mind) by Daniel Siegel
Blog Post: Scripture Memorization
Dr. Carol Brown
TIP*****Check in with your kiddos. Loads of Conversation. What are you feeling right now?*****
“ I know how much God loves me that I was free to say I am so angry right now and I trusted him with that.
“I had a lot of dark moments but felt the freedom to process those feelings with him.”
“What’s God doing?”
Practical things to do with your kiddos this Summer!
Memorizing scripture with your kids
Blog post: Scripture Memorization
Rhythms and Repetition are Regulating/Calming to the brain - They create calmness and connection with your child
(When your child who struggles with meltdowns)
Deck of Cards-Flip cards and tell me what shape you see. The pattern and regular rhythm helped her son reset.
Pair a child with one who struggles, change the rules.
Dr. Carol Brown-Equipping Minds is the resource Lindsay shares
Game time! Create a rhythm with doing game time with the family.
Schedule-Create a check list
Family read aloud’s -Let your wiggly kiddo play with legos while you read
Do 5 minutes if that’s all you can do.
“We are created for relationship.”
“Connection as a family”
“My number one tip for a parent with a child who struggles is to get to know your child.”
Give them 20 minutes time when you just sit and listen to your child for them.
We are the adults. Even though its boring to listen to your child ramble on about Minecraft, ask questions and allow them to feel valued and loved.
Allow them time to spend time with you without demands.
That is the key to have influence because you have poured that relationship into them.
Summer is a really nice time to reconnect.
Its going to require a lot of self control for the adult to shut our mouth and just listen.
We have to show it.
God chose relationship with us and its through that relationship that we are so incapable to do it perfectly.
God’s son lived the perfect life for us because we will never be able to do it.
I want to honor the Lord not bc I have to.
Our power is in our influence through our relationship with our child.
Pour into your child.
Uniquely wired kiddos
I want my child to know that this Jesus guy I love so much, He really loves her.
CONNECT with Lindsay
A Heart for all Students web site, podcast, and on Facebook
EAT: apples and peanut butter
READ: Dr. Mark Hyman “The Ultramind Solution”
LOVE: Walks with her 12 year old daughter
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