• Train children to respect and obey authority (continued):
  • (Grand)parenting applications: training children to respect and obey authority

Specific Goal

Passage(s) to discuss & guide

Ways (grand)parents can exemplify and teach

Temptations and hindrances

Behaviors to correct

Reject the entitlement mentality

Luke 17:7-10; Philippians 4:11-12; II Thessalonians 3:10

Work hard; don’t expect bosses to give you special handouts

Culture of low expectations and little work ethic; lazy parents

“Gimme gimme gimme!”

Listen well

II Kings 17:13-14; Proverbs 2:1ff; 12:15; 18:13, 17

Model active listening; have them explain what you just said.

Distracted, disinterested, planning what to say

Interrupting

Be respectful and considerate in a disagreement

Acts 18:4; 26:24-25

Let kids observe you settling disputes properly; don’t jump in and settle every conflict for them.

Impatience, selfishness

Tendency not to share, negotiate, compromise