Things that occur consistently within the family circle influence a child more than whatever happens outside. When family feeling is positive and strong, other influences can be neutralized.
In my childhood home, the art of conversation was taken seriously. Sometimes we would spend an hour after dinner talking around the table. I don’t recall the little ones fussing. Mother would hold the baby and Daddy would hold the next and I suppose I’d hold the next. There was togetherness in it. Mealtime conversation bonded us and taught us to get along with all kinds of people once we were out on our own.
In the Walter Trobisch family, my husband would announce, “Children we’re going to have devotions.”
Our youngest…would say, “Okay, but make it short!” And he did.
Ingrid Trobisch
taken from
Keeper of the Springs: Making Home The Place For Which You’re Longing
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