How to Talk to Your Kids

Introduction

I Thessalonians 5:17; Romans 12:12
I Peter 5:6-7 - God wants us to come to Him with all these things.
Colossians 3:12
Psalms 103:13
Those little problems are big to them!
James 1:19
“The way children spell love is T-I-M-E.”
If I’m talking, I’m not listening!
Proverbs 29:20 - Don’t speak until you know the facts!
You want your children to grow up knowing that you will listen to them and they trust you.

II Corinthians 12:7-10 - God chose not to take this problem from Paul.
Romans 8:18 - Paul maybe appreciated this ideas more after having dealt with his own thorn in the flesh.
Ephesians 6:4
We must instruct them based on values in the Bible.
- Proverbs 14:12
- Romans 12:14, 17-21 - Overcome evil with good.

I Samuel 2:22-25; 3:13 - Eli did not go far enough with discipline.
Proverbs 28:23
Be careful to not create a situation where your child will become a master manipulator.
Proverbs 18:17
Proverbs 25:11
Proverbs 15:2
Maybe don’t:
- Correct your kid publicly in front of their friends if the matter would be better handled privately.
- Rebuke your kid when you’re both tired (unless it is urgent).
- Come down hard when it might be better to share your own experiences and help the child learn from what you’ve gone through.