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 Growing Kids God's Way

 These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. 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. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.  Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.    Deuteronomy 6:6-10

ALONG THE VIRTUOUS WAY (Growing Kids God's Way) is a comprehensive values-based parenting curriculum. In the title the authors, Gary and Anne Marie Ezzo, place their emphasis on God's Way meaning the way of the Lord. We serve an ethical God. Moral rightness flows from His being. His moral law is a reflection of His holy character (Psalm 19:7). More than that, He has shown man what is good and what is required of him (Micah 6:8). Along the Virtuous Way can help any parent reach the heart of children with virtues and values that flow from the character of God and do it without stressing the child or the parents.

What is Growing Kids God’s Way?

1.      An 18 week class that meets one night per week for about 2 hours

2.      Each class consists of reviewing the previous week’s homework, watching the new lesson (about a 30 min hour video) and then watching a question & answer session (about 15 minutes on video).

 What is the purpose of Growing Kids God’s Way?

   -To teach and mature marriages and families through practical Biblical instruction and its goals are to:

1.      Gather moms and dads in a small group environment, providing Biblical training and practical guidance in their relationship as husband, wife, and parent.

2.      Grow moms and dads through Biblical teaching and application to understand their responsibility, given by God, to parent and raise morally responsible and biblically responsive children.

3.      Give parents the needed knowledge and skills to be confident in their marriage and parenting so they can guide, nurture, and discipline their children to act and think morally.  Parents learn to separate truth from error and fact from opinion.

4.      Challenge and encourage moms and dads to value and apply what they have learned and to raise children who control their own behavior, from their heart, and in accordance with Biblical mandates or principles.

 
A few of the covered topics are:

1.      How to get our children beyond just acting morally right, but to think morally.

2.      Using the correct parenting methods and not being a legalistic parent and not being a permissive parent  

3.      The significance of the husband-wife relationship in the life of the child.

4.      We learn about different love languages and how to communicate these love languages to those in our family.

5.      We talk about the significance of the father in the children’s lives and 8 primary duties of the father is discussed.

6.      How to develop your child’s conscience and get them to do right because “it’s right”, and not out of potential guilt or punishment.

7.      Three lessons are devoted to the respect of authority, parents, age, peers, property, and nature. 

8.      And much more!

 Raising good children is not a matter of chance, but of right parenting and right choices.  This class will give you the tools to be good, Godly parents.  There are no tricks, gimmicks, or short-cuts.  Parenting is a long term commitment!