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Parenting Tip
December 31, 2009
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. But 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.

When your child takes initiative, hero qualities are developing. We’d love to hear ways that your kids are demonstrating hero qualities and how you’re affirming them. Please send us an email or share what you’re learning on our blog, www.biblicalparenting.info.

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To help your children understand the biblical concept of the conscience you might want to use the Hero Training Camp Children’s Curriculum, it’s the Conscience Development Course for Kids. Learn more about our special offer here.

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