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ingaporean parents spend a whopping total of US$680 million (S$840 million) on tuition a year, a report by the Asian Development Bank showed. We inspect their schoolwork. We ask them “What did you learn in school?” We buy them the most updated exam papers to practice on. Question is: When was the last time we shared about God’s faithfulness or talked about their walk with God? Or discussed what a story in the Bible meant and how it can be applied in life?
It is an amazing privilege to model our Christian lives for the next generation. A mother gets excited every time her child learns a faith lesson or worships with gusto. It’s Spiritual Parenting literally. Many Christian parents have relegated this responsibility to the Church’s children and youth ministries. Even with the best programs in church – it’s only two hours a week compared to the other 166 hours they spend with us outside church.
We invest much of our finances, time and energy in our children’s academic development – How about their spiritual development?
We have a very important role to play in raising spiritually strong children.
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