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PARENTS, TRY THIS SELF EVALUATION
Prepared by Dr Chris Field www.FamilyHorizons.Net
To better understand the best answers to these questions
refer to ‘PARENTING HORIZONS’ by Chris.
- What are you training your children for?
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- Are those things short-term (for the life of your child) or
multi-generational?
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- The Bible refers to children as “seed”, which means they reproduce
after their own kind. What kind of seed has your child become?
eg: Good, Holy, Self-centred, Proud, Godly, Evil......
Note that “good” is not the same as “godly”. Good people may
have no interest in God and His ways.
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- What kind of seed are you? eg: Godly (reproducing Godly generations),
or ??
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- What are the “godly” things in your child’s life?
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- What is the Word of the Lord over your life? (What has God said
you are here for?)
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- What Godly things have you made normal in your child’s life?
(eg: humility, worship, giving, faith)
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- How well has your child developed a commitment to those things?
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- What bad things have you made normal in your child’s life?
(Materialism, Success, Selfishness, Sensuality, Anger)
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- How well has your child developed an interest in those ‘Godly’ and
‘bad’ things?
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- How well do you expect your child to hold to the right way all of
their life?
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- How well have you balanced punishment and praise in your parenting
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- How well does your child sense that God is disciplining and directing
them through you?
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- Is there anything you need to repent to God about in your role as a
parent? If so, do it now.
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- Is there anything you need God to undo in your child’s life? If so,
pray about it right now!
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