If you’re a parent, there’s no bigger job than preparing your children for life. The question is how? Just about all parents want their children to have a better life than they did. But how to accomplish that goal brings a variety of answers. The Huffington Post recently posted three ways to prepare your child for a successful life. The suggestions are what you might expect from a liberal news organization:
- Encourage a healthy weight.
- Give then a garden of their own.
- Participate in a community wellness program.
Jeremiah Krieger is a father of four and the lead pastor at First Baptist Church in Holyoke, Colorado. He has some different ideas about raising successful children. He wrote a blog this week with a different list…
- Give the Gift of the Church & God’s Word. Krieger says children deserve the privilege of growing up in a Christ-centered church among healthy relationships and a right understanding of Scripture.
- Give the Gift of Presence. He writes “in their language “love is spelled T-I-M-E.”
- Give the Gift of Family Togetherness. The ideas here are many but Krieger says in a culture where we are defined by what we “do,” there is nothing more satisfying and refreshing than just “being” together.
This is just a few things that can begin to set a solid foundation for your children!