How Kids Really Learn
Coaches
New Man
Thursday, May 25, 2000
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Key Bible Verse: You became imitators of us and of the Lord (1 Thessalonians 1:6a). Bonus Reading: 1 Thessalonians 1:4-8; 2:10-12
In his humorous book, Boyhood Daze: An Incomplete Guide to Raising Boys, Dave Meurer tells of this experience with his son, Mark.
"A few years ago, Mark was in the boys' rest room at school and found some money lying on a counter. Do you know what he did? He took it directly to the school office and gave it to the principal! Not only did the principal nearly have a stroke, but to add insult to injury, we had never even had a moral lesson on this!
"Giving back money that you find lying around is something I had planned to work up to.
The concept should have been clearly over his head. He completely blew my training schedule.
"As it turns out, he picked this concept up years ahead of schedule when he saw me return $100 to a camera store after I discovered they had incorrectly rung up a sale and shorted themselves by that amount. We clearly see that the inability of boys to appropriately benefit from planned moral training sessions means that they are often going to pick up their moral training on a completely unpredictable, willy-nilly basis as they do stuff with you."
New Man Personal Challenge:
- How are you making the most of everyday occurrences to teach your kids about values? How can you be alert to "teachable moments"?
Thought to Apply: The crab instructs its young, "Walk straight ahead, like me."
HINDUSTANI PROVERB
Credits: Adapted from Thursday: Boyhood Daze (Bethany, 1999)
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