Faith Fundamentals For
Kids
Parents are
great today about insisting that schools deliver the fundamentals of reading,
writing and arithmetic to their children, so that they can excel in K-12
classrooms and go on to college and careers.
Similarly,
you would never want your child to leave your house at age 18 or 21 or whenever
it happens without any idea how to do laundry or cook or clean up after himself
or herself. Parents all try to equip their children in the basics for a healthy
life mentally, physically and emotionally.
But some
parents neglect what may be the most important one: spiritual life. Kids need
the basics of their faith, too. Some parents are faithful about getting their
kids into Sunday school, Bible studies and youth groups; others may neglect
this facet of child training and need to "cram" when the child is nearing
adulthood.
Teaching
your child what the Bible says is one of the most important tasks of
parenthood. Have you done it? It's never too late to start, and it's never been
easier to get a grasp of what they need to know, thanks to the Internet and the
many online teaching tools available today.
Here's a
great starting point for schooling your child in the basics of Bible truths,
and Christian beliefs and practices:
http://www.focusonyourchild.com/faith/faithlaunch/
By Susan Darst Williams • www.GoBigEd.com
• Heart Lessons
024 • © 2006