1. Understanding Your Child

2. Psalms 127:4
“Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are children born in one's youth.”

3. Ellen White
Church a Watchtower
"God has appointed the church as a watchman, to have a jealous care over the youth and children, and as a sentinel to see the approach of the enemy and give warning of danger.”
Child Guidance p.312

4. Charles Haddon Spurgeon
“To this end we must have our children in hand while they are yet children, or they are never likely to be so when they are grown up; and we must try to point them and straighten them, so as to make arrows of them in their youth, lest they should prove crooked and unserviceable in after life.” (1993).

5. An Ethical Child
To mold a child into a morally upright and goal-oriented human, Parents, Teachers, Caregivers should use these 10 tips so a child is
Caring, Respectful and Ethical.

6. An Ethical Child 1. Respect your child 2. Listen
Parents, Teachers, need to respect their children and not demean them. A child’s mind will automatically want to listen to someone who respects them .
Listen to your child as he/she also has a point of view and suppressing it will only lead to an ugly rebellion later in life.

7. 4.Understand their fear/ nervousness
An Ethical Child
3. Set boundaries
4.Understand their fear/ nervousness
Be positive with your child but do not push his/her opinion in the corner. Children learn from parents, teachers etc. and are imitators so do not overstep the line yourself and witness a change in attitude even in a stubborn child.
If a child is nervous about something e.g. going camping, try to understand what the real problem is. Do not directly label him/her a chicken. He/she is probably not able to express himself/herself better. Dig deep thru a coaching lesson.

8. An Ethical Child 5.Encourage your child 6.Keep your promises
Most parents or teachers fail to encourage their children in a positive manner. Appreciate your child’s qualities. If he/she has done well in drawing then stick the picture up on the wall.
A child will only do better if you keep your promise. e.g. if you promise an excursion to the park make sure that you keep up to it . This way the child will know that you care for him/her.

9. An Ethical Child 7. Avoid overexposure 8.Involve your child
Although mediums such as TV, internet, mobiles, magazines, newspapers are good for information, make sure you exercise caution. A child’s psychology is covered by many images that are floated around quite uncaring .
A sign of positive parenting or teaching is the fact that you involve your child as much you can in activities . Call up a meeting and let them have a voice in their camping, sports etc. Give them the money and let them buy their own food. These little responsibilities will make the child feel wanted.

10. An Ethical Child 9. Give them space
10. Let a child be a child
9. Give them space
Even a child needs his/her space. Don’t become overactive parent/teacher monitoring every aspect of their life . Let them make certain decisions .However this in no way means that you leave everything to them. Guide them always.
Finally your child is after all a child. Let them be one. Let them make their mistakes and learn from them. Do not expect them to be adults who are aware of all the consequences of their actions.

11. An Ethical Child
Raising a Caring, Respectful and Ethical Child is and always has been hard work . But it’s something all of us can do . And no work is more important or ultimately more rewarding .

12. Psalms 127:4
As we teach, train, and fire our “arrows” towards Jesus and the Gospel, our hope and prayer is that by God’s grace they are saved and fired out as weapons of war, obediently living for His glory. As parents/teachers, it is critical that we begin firing our “arrows” at the right targets early in life. Many of us fire our “arrows” into the world as we target success, money, prominence, status, and worldliness.
Just remember- there is a great chance that your “arrows” will go just where you trained them to go.