I am currently working on "goals" for the summer and fall for my boys. We want to be "intentional" parents. Which to us means having an idea before hand of what we want our children to learn or "catch" from the life we offer them. In other words we don't want to look back in 18 years and think "man, I wish we had emphasized this" or "why didn't we teach them that?".
Which leads me to the subject line of this post. I have along list of character traits already, but I am sure I am missing some. So what character traits do you want your children to have when they leave "the nest"? List them in the comment section :)
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This is a great thing to think about!! When Micah was about to turn 9, I was laying awake at night thinking, "We're halfway done!! I've got soooo much left to do!" But God gives wisdom when we ask and He has brought some great tools/ideas at just the right time.
One thing I want my kids to leave home with is a love of God's word. They love memorizing verses. One year we did ABC...lots of curriculums do that and it's fun. Now we're learning 1verse from each book of the Bible, and talking about what each book is about as we go. We're almost through the Old Testament!!
I want my kids to learn to pray, of course, and to especially learn to think about those outside of their little corner of the world. I've adapted an idea a friend gave me to praying with my kids. On Monday we pray for missionaries, Tuesday is teachers, Wednesday is workers or just worship God, Thursday is thanksgiving, Friday is family or friends. Some days we just pick what is closest to our heart...after all, prayer doesn't have to follow a formula.
Finances is another big area...there is a book by Ron Blue called Your Kids Can Master Their Money (or something like that). It has great ideas for teaching personal finance starting at around age 7-8.
These are all things I need to work at, too, so it's fun to learn right along with them. Have a fun summer. I'm looking forward to some intentional teaching times, too!
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