Working Class Parenting: Motivation, Education and Inspiration For Parents

Praying with your children is vital in order to instill faith and trust in God. There is nothing more influential and effective to a child than to see their parents praying and there is nothing more powerful than letting your children pray. Many children might feel that prayer is for grown ups and only grown ups are heard. On the contrary, our children most know that their prayers are just as important. Pray activates faith and allows a child to feel that they too can speak with this “grown up” God. Our family practices family prayers, meal time prayers, individual prayers and spontaneous prayers as events call for. It will not be odd to be driving and hear a siren and one of us start praying for the individual, or pass an accident scene and began to lift up the victims. I can’t help but believe that we have secretly affected the outcome of numerous events. God requires and desires us to intercede in behalf of our fellow man. Its when we step put in selfless and humble faith that he...

It is with much regret that we write this post, as our community has suffered the loss of a 12 year old boy, Miguel Rodriguez. Unfortunately the incident that took his life was not his health or a vehicle accident. The tragedy of this story is a too familiar trend that is on the rise and one of which could have been prevented. See this 12 year hung himself due to school bullying. The excessive day-in and day-out stress and uncertainties of school robbed him of his joy to live and in the end it’s said he wrote “No body loves me and I have nothing to live for”. Our hearts break for his family, moreover; for a trend that is taking the lives of young children before they have even began to live.

Every parent hopes their kids will turn out right. They pray that when their children leave the nest, they will be ready to face the world. And they hope that their kids will be equipped to stand strong in life's battles. Unfortunately, there are no shortcuts to successful parenting . . . no secret formulas to raising kids of strength and character. However, there are steps that can be taken to prepare our children for the challenges ahead. While the process of faith may be miraculous, it is not entirely mysterious. Jesus explained it in His parable of the sower (Matthew 13:1-23). Teaching received without understanding kills the yield. Faith with shallow roots withers and dies. Distractions, worries and desires for other things choke the Word. But one who hears the Word and understands it bears fruit.

As most of us get ready for Monday morning and the work week ahead, let's not forgot the people still recovering from Hurricane Sandy's impact. Your Monday morning will be normal, theirs won't be. I found this post by Danni Kay who blogs at  missaleck.com . As of Saturday, she was without power for 6 days and she writes about her gratitude to all those that have helped out the storm victims. There is a short video at the end that she recorded on day 3 without power.  She seems tired, but her faith is strong. At the end of her post she writes, "God is still able."...... Check it out. If your kids have questions on how to help, here is an ABC news  story with links to organizations that are working in the area. Luke 10:33 "But a certain Samaritan, who was on a journey, came upon him; and when he saw him, he felt compassion,  

Today's theme: Faith and Compassion Today's post is by Jomary, wife of Kurt Schulz, Co-founder of Working Class Parenting. When my daughter was 4 years old, we started looking for a church that would have a children's program that my daughter could grow spiritually with. Finding one was not as easy as I thought. Some good churches do not put as much effort into their children's programs as I had hoped. We experienced everything from the lesson being through a television using a Christian video to an open play gym with no lesson. I realized that not every church has the means or the volunteers to support a highly structured children's church program. During the process of trying out different churches, I realized I was looking for 4 things: