The Practice of Raising Children - A Blueprint

{a checklist, of sorts, from a book I am currently reading}

• Accept that your children are both unique and ordinary
• Teach them to honor their parents and to respect others - family, friends, community
• Teach them to be resilient, self-reliant, and courageous
• Teach them to be grateful for their blessings
• Teach them the value of work
• Teach them to make their table an altar - to approach food with an attitude of moderation, celebration, and sanctification
• Teach them to accept rules and to exercise self-control
• Teach them the preciousness of the present moment
• Teach them about Elohim

... Some things to ponder.

Abba, grant us wisdom that we may train them up in they way they should go.

Shalom!
~ Christina