Our culture is saturated with parenting resources to educate us about family issues. Most books and materials end up in the box or on the shelf. Every parent struggles with how to assimilate what they know into daily practice. Just knowing more doesn't make you a better parent. Many busy families desire to teach family values in their homes but do not have a system and never seem to find the time.
In God We Trust curriculum provides creative teaching moments in a church children’s ministry setting, and the FamilyTimes Virtue Pack is an optional resource that parents can purchase to reinforce these principles at home. Both resources together will influence children how to handle money God’s way today and tomorrow!
The CHALLENGE
IT'S NOT QUANTITY TIME!
Spending a large amount of time with your children doesn't automatically establish the right kind of relationship. It usually takes something more deliberate or more intentional if you want to leave something significant in your children.
IT'S NOT QUALITY TIME!
Sometimes there is a tendency to think you can make up for missed time. Planning a special vacation or a weekend can never substitute for the lack of routine time together. You can't cram for relationships any more than you can get physically fit in a weekend or a week.
IT'S THE QUANTITY OF QUALITY TIMES!
Issues like faith and values cannot be simply taught. They have to be transferred from one heart to the next through a special kind of ROUTINE RELATIONSHIP.
IT'S NOT WHAT YOU LEAVE FOR YOUR CHILDREN!
Most parents will pay any price to provide what they think their kids need physically. It is easy to become so preoccupied striving for a better lifestyle, education, or neighborhood that you miss what really matters.It has more to do with how you spend your time than how you spend your money. Children need a relationship more than they need things. But when parents come home at the end of the day there's not a lot of energy or creativity left over for relationships. The fact is - there is no substitute for time. Parents need to rethink and reprioritize how they spend it.
IT'S WHAT YOU LEAVE IN YOUR CHILDREN!
An inheritance is what you leave FOR your children. A legacy is what you leave IN your children. One is temporary while the other is forever. Most parents plan, work, and strategize to leave an inheritance, but few have any systematic plan to leave a legacy.
The PLAN
Having a successful relationship with children requires consistent and planned effort. FamilyWise has developed resources that are different. They are designed to be simple, fast and effective in assisting the family in maximizing strategic moments in their family life . The resources are built around a principle modeled in the Hebrew culture. In Deuteronomy 6:7 Moses gave specific instructions to help parents know how to pass their faith and values along to their children. He said,"Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up."