{"id":6483,"date":"2020-07-28T00:42:01","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T04:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dreamgates\/?p=6483"},"modified":"2020-08-05T00:45:03","modified_gmt":"2020-08-05T04:45:03","slug":"religion-teaching-kids-about-a-higher-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dreamgates\/2020\/07\/religion-teaching-kids-about-a-higher-power.html","title":{"rendered":"Religion \u2013 Teaching Kids About A Higher Power"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are so many different religions in the world. You want to teach your children about your particular religion; after all, you believe that it is almost like a guiding light \u2013 a road map to behaving in a certain way.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It is not easy trying to raise your child to be religious. In societies all over the world, the role of religion is diminishing and many people are becoming increasingly secular. Parents who were raised with religion feel an obligation to do the same for their children.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Good benefits<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Teaching religion and the benefits that come from it have been well documented. Christianity is the largest religion and they worship a loving and forgiving God. Holy Bible offers teachings <\/span>on raising a child<\/span><\/a> and how to live in peace and harmony with others.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Buddhism, on the other hand, believes in the dharma. They believe in finding inner peace by letting go of earthly desires such as money and fame. These religions teach kids certain practices to live by, such as being kind to others and treating other people the way they would like to be treated. As a result of this religious hospitality, a bridge is built.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

False teachings<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

When parents think of people rendering what they consider to be a false doctrine to their kids, they want to take action. They do not want their kids to listen to other belief systems. A <\/span>spy phone<\/span><\/a> or monitoring app has a host of features that you can use to protect your child from people who want to influence them towards other religions and beliefs.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

You can keep a close eye on your child\u2019s messages, calls, and even their Internet browsing. You can also view photos and videos stored on the child\u2019s phone. This app is effective and free for monitoring a child\u2019s activities online and protecting them from online predators who want to tell them things contrary to how you have raised them.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Be accepting<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Even if you are raising your kids in one particular faith, they need to tolerate other religions. Everyone is accustomed to their own religious rituals \u2013 prayers, fasting, wearing of weird garb, but all symbolically representing aspects of the teachings of their specific religion.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

You do not have to agree with other beliefs, but you have to accept the differences. The idea of religious people the world over is to encourage people to rather recognize similarities as opposed to differences.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Trying to force an opinion or reacting violently to those who differ from you is just asking for conflict. Religious concepts of love and forgiveness underpin reconciliation efforts, providing the teaching to accept and heal differences as opposed to stirring up anger because of differences.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Teach your child the way he should go<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

You can introduce your religion to your child as early as possible. Children in certain religions can become involved in a certain way of life from babyhood on. For instance, in <\/span>Sunday School<\/span><\/a>, children are already taught to differentiate between good and bad. They will have lots of questions and discover that a particular religion is something that influences everybody\u2019s lives.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Many children grow up knowing that their parents look upon passing on their faith as an important part of parenting. Most religious parents guide their children in their early years and then allow them to choose for themselves whether to adopt those religious values in their late teen years.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Parents recognized that they could be disappointed when their young people find religious activities suddenly unappealing but acknowledged that as their children grew up and moved out into the world, they had to make their own choices about their beliefs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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