Training Children I. At the outset, it needs to be understood that training precedes teaching. Before a child develops critical language and reasoning skills, training should be well underway. A. train: III. 5. To treat or manipulate so as to bring to the proper or desired form; spec. in Gardening, to manage (a plant or a branch) so as to cause it to grow in some desired form or direction... 6. To subjec...
VII. Consider how critical home life is to the proper training of children. A. Family is the first form of society and government to which children are normally exposed. B. Parents are the first educators of children. What is or is not learned in the home has great implications for a child’s development and adult life. 1. Home is where a child should first learn of God, His love, His will. 2. Home is where a child should first learn lan...
J. Remember, you will train your children one way or another. But will you train them in the way they should go, as PRO 22:6 commands? 1. For example, consider training a small child not to touch something. a. You can keep it within his reach and train him not to touch it by punishing him if he touches it. (1) This teaches him to obey the command not to touch. (2) Thi...
IX. Here is a list of things that need to be trained into children. A. Train the importance of faith (belief, trust, confidence) in what God has declared in Scripture. God cannot lie (TIT 1:1-2) and His word is utterly reliable in all things seen or unseen. HEB 11:1-3, 6-10. B. Train the importance of hope, especially the hope of a better life in a better body in a better environment free of sin and death, and this implies patience to endure pr...
M. Train self-motivation, that they should be diligent and dutiful without oversight. PRO 6:6-8; PHIL 2:12. N. Train independence, that they should not follow the herd of swine off the cliff, and that they should work toward freedom to form their own lives as adults. ROM 12:2; 1CO 15:33; GEN 2:24. O. Train enthusiasm, to live godly with great zeal and spirit. ECC 9:10; ROM 12:11; COL 3:22-24. P. Train discipline, that the...