The Value of Adult Guidance - HOW TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE

Spend time with your children.

BIBLE PRINCIPLE: "Train a child in the way he should go; even when he grows old he will not depart from it." - PROVERBS 22:6. 

Children naturally look to their parents for guidance. In fact, experts say that even as children enter the teen years, they tend to value the advice of their parents over that of their peers.  Parents remain the major influence on their child's attitudes and behavior through adolescence into adulthood, writes Dr. Laurence Steinberg in the book You and Your Adolescent.  He adds:  "Adolescents care what you think and listen to what you say, even if they don't always admit to it or agree with every point."

Take advantage of your children's natural inclination to look up to you. Spend time with your children and share your viewpoints, values, and experiences with them.  

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