Introduction
All parents have one goal for their children: to have healthy, happy, and moral children. Unfortunately, we are currently living in a world that encourages our children to grow up without morals. Because of media, video games, the internet, etc., it’s hard to raise a child with morals, but it’s not impossible.
Involve Family Members
When you are raising your children, it can be tempting to think that you are the only person who can parent your kids. You might feel you have all the responsibility for raising them and making sure they grow up to be good people.
But this is not true! Several other people in your child’s life can help you raise them and make sure they grow into moral children. These include family members, friends, teachers, coaches, and mentors.
When you involve these people in raising your kids, it will be easier for everyone involved because everyone will know what to expect from each other and what their responsibilities are in raising the child/children together.
Adopt Family Values
Raising children in today’s world is a challenge. It’s hard to raise kids when we live in a world that lacks moral standards, and it’s difficult to instill values in your children when there are so many distractions vying for their attention. But there are things you can do—things you should do—to ensure that your child grows up to be a good person who cares about others and acts with integrity.
One of the most important things you can do is adopt family values as you raise your kids. This doesn’t mean enforcing strict rules on them or punishing them when they don’t follow those rules; it means helping them understand what’s important to you, and why it’s important. Help them understand why compassion for others is important, why kindness matters, and why honesty is essential to maintaining relationships with friends and family members alike.
This isn’t a simple task! But it’s worth it! You may not have all the answers yourself, but by asking questions together and thinking about what makes sense from both a practical, biblical and moral standpoint, you’ll be able to teach your kids how to make good choices for themselves—and others.
Attend Church Weekly
One of the most important things you can do is help your child understand that there is an objective morality that exists outside of them and their feelings. This is especially true in a morally free world.
One of the best ways for parents to teach children about objective morality is by attending church every week as part of their lives. When we go to church, people who share the same values and beliefs surround us, which allows us to connect with those around us in a way that isn’t possible when we’re out in public all day long. The church community helps us feel safe and understood—and it allows our children to see how other people behave when they’re around each other regularly (which isn’t always something they see every day).
When you go to church every week with your kids, they’ll get used to being surrounded by people who share their values—and they’ll begin developing those same values themselves!
Introduce Healthy Friendships
As a parent, it’s your job to raise your children into happy, healthy adults. That means providing them with a safe and nurturing environment where they can grow. And while that might sound like a straightforward task, it’s much more complicated than you’d think.
When you were growing up, you had friends who were there for you whenever you needed them. You could go over to their house after school or hang out at their place on the weekends. You even had little sleepovers where you stayed up past your bedtime and talked about all the cool things that had happened throughout the day—and then woke up early enough for breakfast before going back to school!
But now that your kids are growing up, it’s not always so easy to find healthy friendships for them. They’re out of school; they don’t have as much free time; they’re spending most of their time with other kids who aren’t as close to them as their childhood friends used to be… and so on!
And this isn’t just happening in your house: it’s happening everywhere! Social media has taken over our culture; we spend so much time looking at other people’s lives through screens instead of making connections face-to-face.
Teach How to Make Good Decisions
As we raise our children, we instill in them the ability to make moral decisions. This isn’t just about teaching them the right thing to do. It’s also about teaching them how to do the right thing—and that’s something that goes beyond simple morality.
The best way to teach your kids how to make moral decisions is by modeling it for them. That doesn’t mean you have to be perfect—it just means you need to show them that it’s okay for people to make mistakes. That way, when they inevitably do, they won’t feel like they’re in trouble or being judged because of it.
You can also help your child learn how to make moral decisions by teaching them how their actions affect others. For example: If someone says something mean and your child says something back that isn’t nice either, ask them if they think their response will hurt the other person’s feelings or make him feel better about himself. You may want him to apologize even though he doesn’t feel sorry for what he said—because apologizing doesn’t always mean feeling bad about what happened; sometimes it just means acknowledging what happened (even if you don’t regret it).
Set Limits on Technology
As you raise your kids, it can be tempting to give them every gadget they want—but that’s not always the best course of action.
We know: You’re probably thinking “If I don’t give them the technology they want, they’ll just sneak around and get it, anyway.” And you’re right! But it’s worth remembering that by giving in to their demands, we are teaching our children that they can get whatever they want by whining and complaining.
If we set limits on technology use as we raise our children, we teach them they don’t always get what they want—and that this is okay. This gives them the tools they need to become more resilient and resourceful in life.
Allow Them to be Children
As we are raising our children, we need to remember that they are still children. We need to allow them to be children before they can become adults.
This is important because allowing them to be children helps prepare them for becoming an adult. It helps them learn how to decide and act on their own. It also helps them prepare for the real world because they’ll have a better idea of what it’s like as opposed to just being told about it by their parents.
It’s difficult for kids today because there are always distractions around them such as smartphones, computers, and social media sites that can keep their minds occupied so that they don’t think about bigger things such as morality or ethics since those things aren’t considered important anymore by most people today where anything goes regardless of whether it’s right or wrong!
Takeaway: Raising Moral Children Today is Difficult, but There are Things You Can do.
We all know that raising children today is difficult. Moral values are under attack and moral decay is rampant. It’s hard to know what to do, but there are some things we can do as parents to raise children who will help make the world a better place.
In our family, we try to teach our children right from wrong by example. When they ask questions like “Why?” or “How come?”, we answer them truthfully and honestly. We try not to hide anything or lie about things because we believe we should teach children how to discern between right and wrong by listening to us and watching us live our lives—not just what we say. We also try not to yell at them when they misbehave because yelling can be very confusing for children who haven’t fully developed their sense of morality yet; it makes them think that if something makes you angry, then it must be wrong! So instead of yelling at them when they misbehave, we talk calmly about what went wrong so they understand why it was wrong without being afraid of us getting angry at them for doing something wrong again later down the road (which might happen anyway).
Conclusion
Children are going to do the wrong thing sometimes, but over the long term, your moral compass will stay strong. You might be tired of having to say no so often and dealing with your child’s resistance along the way, but in the end, your child ends up better for it. Focus on the bigger picture and encourage good behavior every day. In time, you’ll see that your teaching has paid off.
