TEACHING OUR CHILDREN THE RIGHT VALUES

 

WHAT IS A VALUE: It is the acceptable norms in any society. Values can be sub-divided into spiritual, physical, financial, moral, health, and educational values.

 

 The totality of these makes a child to be acceptable and seen as coming from a good family. It is therefore the duties of the parent to teach their children all of the above.

 

Spiritual Values:

-         Lead them to know Christ.

-         Teach and guide them to read the word of God.

-         Memorize some of the Bible verses that might be handy for them in the day of trouble.

-         Teach and help them to have a quiet time with the Lord every day.

-         Organise family altar where they will learn more about God and express their feelings to you.

-         Teach them to fast as a means of having victory over difficult situation of life

 

Financial Values:

-         That money is important but does not give absolute jo.

-         Teach them to appreciate whatever gifts received for others evn when parents pays their school fees or buy clothes for them

-         Teach them to learn to save and not to spend everything.

-         In whatever money received, teach them to pay tithes.

-         Teach them to learn to give when there is a need in the house

 

Physical Values:

-         Identification of their genders and expectations of the society e.g. Male to prostrate while female knell down.

-         Male to see themselves helping their sisters and to protect them.

-         Respect to respect and value their female colleagues.

-         Teach them food ethics – use of their hands. Fork and knifes, chewing in their mouth.

-         Greetings and respects for the elderly ones.

-         Helping in the house core – teach both the male and female children all the domestic works including cooking and cleanliness of the house

-         Teach them to wash their stocks, uniforms and polishing of their shoes.

 

Moral Values:

-         Respect others regardless of their age.

-         Appreciate people as they come in contact with them. When money or gift is giving, they should let the parents know.

-         Teach them the good aspect of our culture e.g. prostrating for boys or kneeling for girls.

-         Make yourself available so that when they are confused about what they see outside their home, you will be able to teach them which one is right or wrong.

-         Watch television or video with them.

-         As soon as a child can talk, give them a separate room. Parent should lock their doors and watch out for these children when they are fulfilling their conjugal rights.

 

Health Values:

-         Wash them properly and when they grow up teach them how to take care of themselves.

-         Washing of hands before eating with the hands.

-         Cleaning of teethes once or twice as the case may be.

-         Laying of bed every morning.

-         Flushing of toilets.

-         Feeding them with balance-diet especially at their growing-up stage of life.

-         Don’t be careless with a crawling or a child that is learning to walk.

-         Where possible have a family doctor and give them regular check-up-eyes, teethes etc.

 

Educational Values:

-         Look for a good school and be partners with the school.

-         Help in teaching them how to read their books and write legitably.

-         Make sure they do their assignment.

-         Pay their school fees and other financial commitment on time.

-         Buy necessary text books and other references.

-         Build-up their courage and teach them that they can make it in life. Where a child is not doing well, don’t condemn such a child, instead encourage him/her for better performance.

-         Stimulate them through both positive and negative stimulus.

-         Impose discipline where necessary and remember Proverbs 20:6: “Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it” KJV.

-         Point your kids in the right direction when they are old they won’t be lost Proverbs 22:15 “Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child. The rod of correction will drive it far from him” KJV

-         Young people are prone to foolishness and fads; the cure comes through tough-minded discipline.

 

Sports Values:

-         It identifies and enhances the potentiality of a child.

-         It makes a child healthy, wealthy and wise.

-         It brings out the hidden talent and sports have become a way of life or a means of achieving greatness. 

-         Sport is a profession on its own.