NOVEMBER 20, 2024 / Pastor Traig Whittaker
I’ve just started a book. The first chapter explains something called a “phone-based childhood.” I don’t suppose that it is hard for you to imagine what that looks like… a generation of children growing up face to face with a screen presenting them with endless options for entertainment.
Many parents start off with great intentions of monitoring and limiting their child’s use of technology. But children have become accustomed, and beyond that feel entitled to, constant self-centered amusement. Any restrictions can be met with grumbling. Some parents simply give up the fight. Honestly, the alternative is just easier than fighting. But the cost of parental convenience can be very high for our kids.
What if parents required their children to lay down their phones so that regular routine parent-child face to face time could happen? And what if during that time you turned your child’s thoughts to profound eternal biblical truths? Well, that doesn’t sound very fun.
You’re right, it’s not fun in the sense that it is not a visually stimulating experience filled with a false sense that you are accomplishing something. It is not fun, but it is satisfying. Learning how everything in the Bible fits together with God and His purposes at the center produces a deep sense of delight, and peace, and (dare I say) worship.
If you are a parent committed to nurturing worship in your child, then let us partner with you in that important and worthy endeavor.
Coming January 5, 2025 the East White Oak Bible Church children’s ministries will add “Today’s Q & A” to our Children’s Bible Fellowships, featuring one question per week from the New City Catechism. [see schedule]
This tool is very helpful in organizing and presenting important Christian doctrine in a memorable way. We would like to think that what we are doing in our Children’s Bible Fellowships on Sunday morning is complementing what parents are doing at home. Check out the resources below to see ways you can bring The New City Catechism into your family routine!
Resources for Parents
