Study Assignment for Lesson 10
1. Look up and study all the Scripture used or mentioned in the text.
2. How should we expect children to act? Give examples.
3. How should rebellion be handled? What is the importance of the parent’s attitude?
4. What is the relationship of the problem of sin to rearing children?
5. Show how rebellion can be manifested in different ways.
6. What is the solution to the control of a child’s rebellious ways?
PERSONAL EVALUATION TEST 5
Check Up on Yourself as a Parent
Answer the following “Yes,” “No,” or “Sometimes”
| ______ | 1. | Am I seeking to make disciples of my children? |
| ______ | 2. | Am I a good example to my children? |
| ______ | 3. | Do I chasten my children in a fit of temper? |
| ______ | 4. | Am I sarcastic to my children? |
| ______ | 5. | When I say no, do I mean NO? |
| ______ | 6. | Do I get angry when my children resist me? |
| ______ | 7. | Do all my actions toward my children stem from affection, kindness and longsuffering? |
| ______ | 8. | Do I express my love to my children by training them in the way they should go? |
| ______ | 9. | Do I turn the cold shoulder to my children to keep them in line? |
| ______ | 10. | Do I constantly change my standards? |
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Self-Check Test 10
Are you making progress?
In the space provided, mark the following statements “True” or “False.”
| ______ | 1. | All parents can expect resistance from their children. |
| ______ | 2. | A parent must have some concept of the goals toward which he is working in training his children. |
| ______ | 3. | When a child questions his parents’ love, the child’s challenge should be accepted at its face value. |
| ______ | 4. | The spirit in which discipline is administered is an important factor, especially when children challenge parental standards. |
| ______ | 5. | An unenforced law is a farce. |
| ______ | 6. | It is only small children who have the tendency toward rebellion. |
| ______ | 7. | All children react alike to training and discipline. |
| ______ | 8. | Conflict among people in every age group is just as normal as breathing. |
| ______ | 9. | Threats, promises, and rewards guarantee that a child will be properly motivated to obey. |
| ______ | 10. | Resistance to parental training should develop high qualities in parents. |
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