Teen's Advice To Parents About Nurturing Spiritual Growth

These are Teen's Advice To Parents About Nurturing Spiritual Growth.

Be involved! 
Talk to your kids about God, and pray with each child specifically about his or her concerns.  Also don't forget to always talk to God about your kids and also bless them during their sleep.

Talk about it!
You must be sensitive with the struggles that your kids are going through, and don't discount it or take it for granted.  You can also relate your experiences as a young person.  When my kids were young, they love (and even urge us) to tell them about our childhood experiences which usually started with "During our early childhood years..."  or "When I was just a young boy/ girl..." You could really see the excitement on their faces as they listen to the story.  Verbally and practically, create a 'safe' environment.

Take time to pray with your teens.
We do this every night, before going to bed, and every morning, at the start of the day.  We pray as we drove to school. This shows that the parent truly cares about what is going on in her or his teen's life.  Encourage them to get involved in Christian groups, and find Christian music they enjoy.  Music really is powerful in affecting an individual, so be sure to plug them in to the good music!

Have a relationship with your teen, and talk openly and often about your faith.
Real relationship means that you really relate with your teen.  You know them deeply and not only knowing what and when they need something.  You let them feel that you really care for them and you are there when they need you especially during hard or crucial moments,  when they have some questions in mind about life that would probably be difficult for them to find the answers.  You could treat them as your friend.

Spend time in God's Word with them.  Pray with them and for them. Open doors of communication by creating a 'safe' environment.  It's like telling them that your teens could approach you anytime of the day and you are there to listen to them and talk with them.  Explain that God does not wait on the edge of His seat for us to make mistakes so He can judge us.  He loves us and wants us to walk in His grace.

Being a parent is a great opportunity of reflecting the image of our loving heavenly Father.  This is one way to disciple them to be Christ-like.

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Correct Me As I Deserve

"Correct me in your as I deserve, but not in your anger, or I will be dead."

Spare the rod and spoil the child.   Oftentimes, we parents are in a dilemma when we should discipline our child.  We are afraid that they might become angry or mad at us for a long time.  But that will not be so, with proper kind of explanation as to why we should give our child a "spank", that is, because he or she did something wrong, it will be understood.  And that "the fear of the Lord is the beginning of understanding, but fools despise wisdom and discipline."

And God properly instructed us to "train a child in the way he should go so that when he is old he will not depart from it.  Whatever we taught our child since he or she is just a little kid, he or she will become that kind of person.

A proper way to discipline our child is not in our anger, but rather in love.  The way we converse with him or her, telling him or her why we should discipline him.  Explaining in proper way.  Of course, our children is not in the position to question things we are doing to make them the kind of person we want to be, but I believe they also deserve to understand why.  Doing that, we will also gain our child's respect that we also deserve.  Just be firm with whatever rules that we have agreed in our home.

If we truly love our children, we will also discipline them in a proper way.  In love, and not in anger.

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3 Ways to Protect Your Child Against Diseases

How Can You Protect Your Child Against Diseases?

Nowadays, there are so many kinds of diseases especially among children because they are the most vulnerable in terms of their health.  They still have less resistance against certain germs, bacteria and viruses, although adults are no excuse.

One way to protect your child against disease is to promote healthy and balance diet.

We should continually provide our children with the proper food diet that they need especially as they are growing up.  Lots of liquid intake will also do great.  Let us remember that 75% of our body is water.

We should also give them more of fruits and vegetables and less of those food with high cholesterol.

Second is physical exercise.  

Physical exercise is best for children.  These activities can boost their energy and give them higher resistance against certain diseases.  Outdoor games and play can be one activity for physical exercise while at the same time enjoying our bonding moments with our kids. 

We can also encourage our children to take a walk in going to school.  This gives them more stamina and at the same time we can have savings from transportation expenses.  What a practical way to protect our children against diseases!

And finally, a healthy lifestyle.

Based on statistics, there are so many Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) that can be acquired because of non-healthy lifestyle such as lack of sleeping hours, substance abuse, eating high fat and high cholesterol food, spending more hours in front of the television (the one we called "stupid box"), and many others.

We can combat this with a healthy lifestyle.  Meaning doing the exact opposite of non-healthy lifestyle.

As the saying goes, "An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure"...It is far more better to spend much on healthy nutrition than having hospital expenses. 

Therefore, we should and must do everything we can to protect our children from acquiring or having diseases so that we could enjoy more of our time being with them.  Less worries, more of the joyful moments that we desire.

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