How to Raise Children to Become Wise, Responsible, Godly Adults Training Your Child to Obey Dealing with Rebellion Training in Righteousness Aiming for the Heart

“Tools” for Training in Righteousness Spanking/Consequences Teaching/Instructing Rebuking/Correcting Developmental Activities Modeling by Personal Example

Developmental Activities In the next few weeks we are going to look at three types of developmental activities: Work Education Recreation

Education In addition to schooling, we are going to talk about four other areas of education: Helping your kids learn and develop useful skills Helping your kids understand how the world works so that they can effectively do the things they need to do in life Helping your kids develop a love of learning Helping your kids develop a perspective that ties all of life back to a biblical worldview

Education Helping your kids develop a love of learning Spend time reading to your kids. Teach your kids to read at an early age and encourage them to be readers – introduce them to quality reading materials. Think of ways to make learning new things exciting and fun for your kids (e.g. playing games that help them learn things). Consider learning something together as a family. Can you think of other ways that you can help your kids develop a love of learning?