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3 years ago ::
Jun 01, 2009 - 12:07PM
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Teaching values is a vital part of parenting, and we're excited to link you to Beliefnet's new series on teaching values to children. Every month we feature a different value along with age-by-age tips to post on your fridge (you can sign up for a monthly email reminder!). So far we have courage and cooperation. Upcoming are honesty, responsibility, and others. Of course everyone has different ideas about which values are most important to pass on to kids. Which are most important to you?
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3 years ago ::
Jun 01, 2009 - 6:16PM
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Integrity. This means adherence to a code of values. Children learn by what they experience, not what they hear or see. If integrity is practiced, they will practice. IOW, if one says they are going to do something, do it. Want to be on time? Be on time. say walking to the park, walk to the park. Vegetarian? Stay away from meat, even the haunting burger, if one fails to uphold, then be honest! That is integrity. No excuses. Owning responsibility for ones behavior takes integrity and starts before teething. Everything else builds on this, building integrity takes life long practice. Practice, practice, practice. Act like a fool standing in line with your kids watching, they learn to act like a fool. swear and flip off people while driving? Guess who is watching, they are the drivers of tomorrow... always late and rushing around? Guess who is watching. Who tells little white lies on the phone? Guess who is learning? Who says one thing and does another? guess... Courage and compassion require integrity. The rest is gravy. imnsho Dar
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3 years ago ::
Jun 02, 2009 - 6:26AM
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Love, kindness, compassion. Fidelity. Honesty. Community cooperation. Self reliance and resiliance. Work ethic.
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3 years ago ::
Jun 02, 2009 - 3:34PM
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VG, All those traits only come with integrity. Dar
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3 years ago ::
Jun 02, 2009 - 7:33PM
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Yes, the chicken or the egg, which comes first. Integrity is very good foundation.
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3 years ago ::
Jul 08, 2009 - 1:21PM
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Integrity is it! One of the best tests of integrity is : If no one is watching would you still live your principles?
Without the Soul of Christ alive in us...we are nothing but empty shells...
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3 years ago ::
Jul 18, 2009 - 11:12PM
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My family values that I taught my children is to respect yourself and others. If you can respect yourself, you can respect others. I think the biggest problem with kids today is the respecting of themselves. Morally, kids are not respecting themselves enough to say no to sex, drugs, etc. It is possible to teach our kids moral character. It starts early when they are able to understand. Making sure our children are learning not only in church, but also in the home. It is a BIG responsibility for parents to continually instill in their children, but well worth it when they grow into young adults. Only God can help us to accomplish this and I am very proud of what my children are today because of the abilities God has given my husband and I to instill into them Godly character. They are not perfect, but they have accomplished the BIG stuff that all parents worry about. D. Benitez
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3 years ago ::
Jul 27, 2009 - 5:58PM
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My family values are of the New Age, a movement on its way to becoming a religion. My family and I have always valued hard work, something kids are not exhibiting today. If I had a son or daughter, I would teach him/her how to handle tough chores and cook for themselves. Simply put, I want my children to become happy, healthy adults. Once the New Age becomes a religion, then we would have religious values that will blow your mind.
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3 years ago ::
Jul 28, 2009 - 12:26AM
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"New Age Movement". That's a new one for me. The Bible says "Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever. (Hebrews 13:8) so I would assume you dont believe in the Bible or Jesus. Family values is much more than teaching our children to work hard and to cook and handle tough chores. Yes, it is important to teach our children these things, but don't forget the ones that will prepare them for "Eternity". Thats's the best thing you can do for your children. Teaching them to love God and live their lives for him are the most important. Everything else is secondary. Being a parent is a hard thing and takes alot of work and is a BIG responsibility. Chores, cooking, (important) but not the most important. D. Benitez
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3 years ago ::
Jul 28, 2009 - 5:44PM
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Teaching children how to live while dead is useless info. Integrity involves real life, now. That is what counts. I do not care what happens in the after life, can't even get a decent burger. We die, and after that there is no tangilble proof anything else happens beyond becoming lunch for other critteres. Teaching children to live for a myth is really not realistic. Telling a child to fear eternity that no one can even comprehend is not teaching family values. It is teaching lying is completely acceptable and accepting personal responsibility for ones actions is moot because Jesus will forgive everything after you die! That means one can even murder and get away with it. All the murderer has to do is say I am sorry I am saved... uh no. That is not a family value, that is a crime. I am saying spirituality involves the now not the later. Morals and ethics must be applied in the present. With integrity. And dishes must be washed, and people must interact in the present, ever talk with a corpse? They do not say much. Yes; many talk with spirits, yet are they tangible? Can they change their uderwear, brush their teeth? I teach selfless work. Do until you die, do it with love and compassion and be sensitive to culture and wonder. Live with integrity. Do not worry about after death/eternity. Live and teach today. Dar
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