By Al Felder Children need to learn self-control. Self-control is the ability to govern desires, words, emotions, actions, appetites, and impulses according to what is right. It teaches a child that he does not have to obey every feeling, say every thought, satisfy every desire, or react to every irritation. Without self-control, a child may become ruled by anger, laziness, appetite, entertainment, impatience, selfishness, or pride. He may learn to do whatever he feels in the

By Al Felder Children need to learn how to handle correction. No child grows in wisdom without instruction, warning, discipline, and reproof. Correction is not pleasant in the moment, but it is necessary. A child who cannot receive correction will struggle in the home, in school, in work, in marriage, in the church, and most importantly, before God. The Bible says, “Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid” (Proverbs 12:1). That is plai

By Al Felder Children need to learn God’s design for marriage and the home. They are growing up in a world that is deeply confused about marriage, family, male and female, commitment, purity, authority, and love. Many people treat marriage as temporary, redefine it according to culture, enter it casually, leave it carelessly, or reject God’s order altogether. Parents must teach their children better. Marriage is not man’s invention. The home is not a social experiment. Male a