* Give your children work to do

* It needs to be real work, not just busy work.

* Don’t make excuses for them

* That just teaches them to make excuses for themselves

* You don’t want that.

* Make sure they have enough activities

* Idle hands are the Devil’s workshop

* And they need to be able to handle adult responsibilities when they get older

* Which will be impossible if they spend half their time whining about “adulting.”

* Don’t overload their schedule and set a poor, restless, example

* Because they also need to realize they aren’t the center of the universe

* So if they pause in obedience to God, that is a good thing.

* Read together (bet you weren’t expecting that one here, ha!)

* Pray together

* Laugh together

* Be outside together

* Listen together to the music you thought was cool when you were young

* Then they will grow to love it as well

* And you’ll rediscover why you loved it to start with.

* Unless it was bad, then scratch that advice.

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