2. Raising Rugrats

3. Family
Culture

4. Family
Culture

5. 6 Qualities of Good Families
1. Commitment
2. Appreciation & affection
3. Positive communication
4. Time together
5. Spiritual foundation
6. Ability to cope with stress & crisis

6. If our “direction” is a “good home,” built on biblical foundations we need to start now.

7. What Shall Be Our Philosophy of Child Training?
BEHAVIOR is usually our focus
But BEHAVIOR overflows from what fills the HEART

8. Matthew 15:18-20
"But the things that proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and those defile the man.
"For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, slanders.
"These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the man."

9. Matthew 12:34-35
"You brood of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak what is good? For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart.
"The good man brings out of his good treasure what is good; and the evil man brings out of his evil treasure what is evil.

10. “Watch over your heart with all diligence, for from it flow the springs of life.”
Proverbs 4:23

11. The goal of parenting is the goal of man’s existence.

12. Psalms 73:24-25 With Your counsel You will guide me,
And afterward receive me to glory.
Whom have I in heaven but You?
And besides You, I desire nothing on earth.

13. Ecclesiastes 12:13
The conclusion, when all has been heard, is: fear God and keep His commandments, because this applies to every person.

14. Unbiblical Cultural Goals
Develop special skills
Psychological adjustment
Well behaved
Well educated
Control

15. ARE OFTEN ACCOMPLISHED
UNBIBLICAL GOALS
ARE OFTEN ACCOMPLISHED
BY UNBIBLICAL METHODS

16. Unbiblical Methods Like…
“I didn’t turn out so bad.”
Pop Psychology
Behavior modification
Emotionalism
Reactive correction
Erratic eclecticism

17. What's Wrong With
Unbiblical Methods?
1. Doesn’t address their heart

18. “Watch over your heart with all diligence, for from it flow the springs of life.” Proverbs 4:23

19. What's Wrong With
Unbiblical Methods?
1. Doesn’t address their heart
2. Character is ignored
3. Distances the child
4. Teaches them hypocrisy

20. Biblical goals are accomplished
by Biblical methods
Rich, full, communication…
And the rod

21. Proverbs 23:13…19 Do not hold back discipline from the child,
Although you strike him with the rod, he will not die.
You shall strike him with the rod
And rescue his soul from Sheol.
Surely there is a future,
And your hope will not be cut off.
Listen, my son, and be wise,
And direct your heart in the way.

22. Biblical goals are accomplished
by Biblical methods
When we shepherd a child’s heart we are training children the way that our Heavenly Father trains us !