Friday 10 January 2014

Guess how much (in %) a kids spends in school in a year!

Go on? have try?

45%?


32%?


62%?

??%

Well the answer is..... I tell you in a moment and keep you reading for now. The answer is a shattering reminder that the HOME is the key to a child. Teachers are amazing and do an amazing job, but we need to support, cheer on and challenge parents to be raising world changers and not clones of a broken society.

Parents our job is to let are kids know they are loved, have skills and talents which God has a great joy to use.

Parents we need to send our kids out into the world with positive self esteem, being highly socially   competent and with the self discipline so they can face the challenges in changing a broken and unjust world.

School is good and important, but lets say sorry for leaving it all to the teachers. Those who spend the most time with children have the most influence on them.  Not easy, often tiring, often unappreciated, often flawed and mistake ridden, but if we could rise to our challenge then maybe our kids could change the world to see an end to hunger, the rich getting richer and the poor getting poor. See the 'different' being accepted and loved as humans and not pushed the to sidelines of society.  

And so they would see God's kingdom come in ways we can't imagine.

The answer is 16% of year.

PS If they sleep for 10 hours a night thats still leaves 40% with YOU!!

PPS Kids still need to go to school BTW. That 16% is still incredibly important. ( unless you home school)

PPPS I realise some family shapes mean that that % is different, but i don't think that reduces the challenge.


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