The answer to this question will vary from child to child. This is true even in a family where children have been reared under quite similar conditions. Children themselves are different and grow and develop at different rates. Age, per se, does not really enter the picture in the sense that we can set a [...]
Doubts about Childhood Conversion
In my opinion, later doubts about the validity of a childhood conversion are almost universal among children as they grow older. As children grow in their understanding, their broadening concepts of faith and other religious values make their earlier decisions seem too simple to be real. The problem is often due to the fact that [...]
Your Child is a Gift from God
One of the most important ingredients in being a Christian parent is the unmistakable certainty that your child is a gift from God. This attitude is well supported in Scripture and blessed indeed is the child whose parents believe it and act it our in their relationship with him. From Parenting with a Purpose, pp.23. [...]
The Home and Religious Teaching
The home is the most natural environment for teaching children religious truth. Where else in all the world is a better setting to teach about faith, personal relationships, responsibility, stewardship, and love? Furthermore, the blending of religion and life in the home helps us avoid a serious division which is often made between the [...]
How Much is He Worth?
Most parents agree that their children are priceless. They would also agree that there are those frustrating moments when they would almost give their children away. How winsome, precious, and disturbing children can be! Even Our most prejudiced attempt to put a value on our children will result in an inadequate estimation of [...]
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Influence, Not Control
Successful parenting is providing an environment in which a child feels loved and safe to become all God intended him to be. The emphasis in this approach is influence, not control. Your job as a parent is to know your child and encourage him and make it possible for him to develop his full potential. [...]
Your Child’s Spiritual Development
You no doubt have marveled during the past weeks and months at how your child has grown. You may feel that only yesterday he was a tiny group of cells, unborn and without a name. Now look at him! He seems to grow before your very eyes. He is also learning many things quickly. A [...]
Bridges to the Future
The most important task of parenting is that of building bridges, connecting links to relationships with God and others. Within the context of our intimate relationship with our child in the home, we can build those bridges of trust, self-esteem, forgiveness, honesty, tolerance, and kindness essential in a relationship with God and others. In this [...]
