Parenting Tip: “Kids Love Heroes”
Posted on 05. Jan, 2010 by noelle in News
Kids Love Heroes
Isn’t it interesting how kids are drawn to heroes? We think kids love heroes for a reason. Heroes are characterized by four things. They do what’s right, deal with wrongs, are honest, and they care about others. Kids love heroes because God has placed a conscience inside each child that prompts them in the same four ways: to do what’s right, deal with wrongs, be honest, and care about others.
That’s why kids love heroes. In fact, kids are heroes in training right now in your family. God uses ordinary people to accomplish his will and it starts in the small things of life.
David was a hero in the Bible when he fought Goliath. However, his hero training started much earlier. David was a hero in the small stuff. He took care of sheep and learned responsibility. He fought off a bear and a lion and learned courage. He worked hard to practice his harp so that he could get a job working in the palace.
Right now, your child can be a hero in the small stuff. Heroes practice in daily life by taking initiative. You might try this. Ask your child to see something that needs to be fixed in life. After all, that’s what heroes do. It might be that dishes are left in the living room, a sad baby needs to be cheered up, or help is needed for folding the laundry.
Here is a link to The National Center for Biblical Parenting’s blog page to read more about developing a conscience in your kids. www.biblicalparenting.info
This tip was used with permission from the National Center for Biblical Parenting. Visit them at http:www.biblicalparenting.org