1. 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

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

3. Developmental Activities
We are in the process of looking at three types of developmental activities:
Work
Education
Recreation

4. Recreation
Recreation is the default mode that your kids will tend to operate in.
Recreation can be problem area for your kids, but not all recreation is bad.
Recreation can be a fun and effective way for kids to develop skills and learn things.

5. Recreation We will be looking at several areas of recreation: Sports
Music
Games
Audio / Video
Vacations and Day Trips

6. Games
Games are really fun way for you and your family to spend time together and develop the positive side of your relationship.
There are many games that help and motivate kids to learn things while they’re having a good time.
Consider scheduling a regular family game night that everyone can look forward to.
What are some games that you believe are fun and/or helpful that you would like to recommend that we play with our families?

7. Video Games
In the previous section, I primarily had board games in mind. But video games are another huge area to deal with.
Like board games, there are some great video games out there that can be very helpful to our kids.
There are also many video games out there that are very destructive.
Then there are quite a few video games out there that are not particularly helpful, but not particularly harmful other than they can be big time wasters if a kid spends too much time playing them.
Because video games can be harmful, I believe that as much as possible you as parents should make it a point to be aware of the kinds of video games your kids are playing.

8. Video Games What is your thinking about video games?
What are some video games that you believe are, or could eventually be, helpful to your kids? Why do you believe they’re helpful?
Do you believe there should be a limit to how much you let your kids play video games? If so, how much is too much?
Are there video games that you would not let your kids play? What are they and why would you prevent them from playing them?