Repost from @in.the.everyday using @repostregramapp • “Sally and I have frequently talked about a ten-year period of childhood we call the four-to-fourteen window - the prime parental teaching period, starting when a child is four and ending when he or she is about fourteen...it’s when we observed that those heart windows were most open for each of our children...Our children’s childhoods are here and gone before we know it, and while our influence continues in young adulthood in a different way, we don’t have a second chance to make a first impression on our children’s hearts while that window is most divinely open to our influence.” - Clay & Sally Clarkson, The Lifegiving Parent, 24. // So I will make cinnamon rolls and coax them to the table, because the first five years sure did fly by. Ten seems like a drop in the bucket. But I wouldn’t miss it for all the money, success, or “all the things” in the world. #lifegivingparentbook #24familyways #sallyclarkson #intheeveryday #blog #christianmom #bestcinnamonrolls