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Tuesday, August 15th, 2023

Kids of Substance

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We all want to be a good example to our kids.

Kids of Substance

What if we did this with our wallets?

Kids of Substance

One good way to impart character and wisdom to our kids is to model character and wisdom before them. One sure way to model these virtues is to live within our means. This means buying only what we can afford and not pretending to be somebody we are not.

When our kids see us attempting to keep up with the Joneses’ it breeds into them a sense of disingenuousness and materialism that turns life’s priorities upside down. They become people of style before substance. Is that the kind of kids that we want to take care of us when we are in our retirement years? Proverbs 12:9 says, “Better to be a nobody and have a servant than to pretend to be a somebody and have no food.”

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I am the Founder of Shepherd’s Hill Academy, a Christ-Centered, nature-based, therapeutic boarding school, the Host of License to Parent, and the Author of the book “The Miracles of Shepherd’s Hill:  An Extraordinary Odyssey of Divine Interventions.”  The environment at Shepherd’s Hill Academy is intentionally designed to provide a rich, discipleship-focused atmosphere that promotes physical, emotional, and spiritual health and healing to troubled teenager and their families.  Learn More

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