A Fed Bear is a Dead Bear (Part Two)

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How do we fix years of unhealthy feeding?  In the 60s and early 70’s some bright person in the government figured out that bears and humans don’t mix so well.  Too many people were hopping out of their Plymouth for that perfect photo opportunity with a bear only to become a tasty snack for Mrs. Grizzly.  So those that studied the bears and their interaction with human encroachment came up with steps to work towards less human and bear interaction, mainly involving removing human food sources.

So how does the church undo years of poor feeding habits?  Steps need to be taken to help parents disciple their children.  How do we instill confidence in parents in this aspect of godly parenting?   Any ideas?  I can think of a few:

1. Create discipleship groups to disciple parents that were never discipled, teaching parents how to be self-feeders.
2. Give parents tools to disciple their children and teach their kids how to self-feed.
3. Point parents in the direction of excellent resources, books, web sites, newsletters, magazines.
4. Form affinity/accountability groups for parents by grouping them according to their children’s ages.
5. Create systematic discipleship plans parents can use.
6. Youth and Children pastors could let parents know what is being covered in youth group/kids’ church and then parents could use that as a springboard to discussions and Bible study at home during the week.
7. Pair up younger parents with older parents that have done a good job at discipling their kids.
8. The church needs to re-think what we have been doing all these years.

 

If you have any good ideas or know of resources I would love to hear them.