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

4. 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

5. 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?