to teach their teenagers the old standards of the Bible ,particulary with regard to relationships.
2006-07-27 02:40:51 · 14 answers · asked by stefan 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Adolescent
Everything I teach my children is from the bible..
2006-07-27 02:42:38 · answer #1 · answered by jhaejhae 3 · 4⤊ 2⤋
As a parent, I am teaching my teenagers about the Bible in regards to everything. Sometimes I feel like I'm over emphasizing the importance of living life from Godly principles but I would rather overdue it than not do it at all. As far as relationships are concerned, I worry for my teen that they will make the wrong mistake especially with what they are taught in their schools and what TV preaches through its movies - It seems as though Christian parents can only preach and pratice so much before they realize to let their teen go and learn for themselves what is right and wrong. I believe it is so important starts to teach a child when they are really young, so that the standards of God doesn't seem so foreign to them. Also I believe that Christian parents need to become better role models for their kids to follow - with example how are they supposed to know better. Its hard raising teens because of their attitudes/puberty/ and all the adulthood issues that they are encountering. But I believe that I'm brave enough to handle these issues, do I believe they are listening? I don't know, but I do pray for them and hope in the end that they will make the right decisions when it comes to dating, attending the right college, sex outside of marriage, drugs, finding right friends, and so forth. Parents can't choose for their kids but I do believe the promise in Proverbs, "Train a child in the way he should go and when he is old he shall not depart from them."
2006-07-27 02:51:51 · answer #2 · answered by wonderwoman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not just going to teach them the standards when they get to be teenagers, I'm starting it now. My kids are 23 months and 9 months. We have regular family prayer, scripture study, we go to church every week, we sing songs about God and Christ, I'm teaching my toddler how to be nice and sweet to her sister.
I don't think you can wait until they are teenagers to start teaching these things. It has to be ingrained in them before that, or when they get to be teenagers, they won't have a foundation to fall back on when things come up. Peer pressure can be horrible and if they don't have those values before, they won't be able to make good dicisions.
If it wasn't for my parents teaching me when I was young, I probably would have ended up in some really bad situations, but since I knew and understood the consiquences of my actions, I was able to make informed dicisions that worked out for my betterment.
2006-07-27 04:59:47 · answer #3 · answered by odd duck 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes been teaching them right from wrong and what thus says the Lord every since they were babies two of them are grown now and I can honestly say that when the bible says train up a child in the way he should go and when hes old he wont depart!!! I'm a living witness Jesus Is real!!! i find my children in their struggles reading scripture and praying to God What A blessing!!!
2006-07-27 02:45:33 · answer #4 · answered by cocoa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As far as being Brave..Has nothing to do with raising a child..
I teach my child that the world is a harse and cold hearted place....
It will eat you up and spit you out with out even thinking about your feelings or what it has done to you.
As far the Bible.....My child knows of the Bible and what it means...But to teach my child from the Bible alone....NO WAY...
It will set her up for disappointment and heart acke......The best thing to teach your children is the basics of life and help them to make the right dissions....
And to help them thru any bad dissions and with the good one's
Parents are here to help there children grow into themselfs and not into what there parents are or wish they were..
2006-07-27 02:49:43 · answer #5 · answered by tanear1964 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Brave enough?" I'm probably going to be too much of a paranoid overprotective mom to NOT teach my kids that stuff.
God created man, and knows what kind of behavior is most likely to bring the highest levels of happiness (barring others' bad choices). He's even told us how!!
I'd be a pretty sorry excuse for a mom if I DIDN'T teach my kids God's guidelines for being happy (commandments)!
2006-07-27 02:49:50 · answer #6 · answered by Yoda's Duck 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the bible is a good resource to teach teens about relationships. It may work or it may not it really is up to the teen to live by what you are tying to teach them. I do a lot of praying to help my teen along the way.
2006-07-27 02:45:55 · answer #7 · answered by slick1 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was brought up Roman Catholic and I totally disagree with religion in general....not the idea of having beliefs but when they split religion. All religions are the true religions...note the many similaritys between all the different religions. All beliefs are just that beliefs, not truths. I have two stepchildren who live with me and I will back any decisions they make in this area.
2006-07-27 03:28:32 · answer #8 · answered by Mark F 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not really about bravery. I disagree with this. Children should be given the freedom of life; they should be able to make their own decisions without too much of their parent's influence (excepting drugs, alcohol, prostitution, etc)... but it's really up to the parent.
It is possible, but more likely to be successful if you start it when the child is young.
2006-07-27 02:43:55 · answer #9 · answered by omgoddenownerengorgenzownzownorp 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't teach it because i don't believe it.
"Brave" has nothing to do with it. Are you "brave" enough to NOT teach about it?
2006-07-27 02:42:53 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋