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Effective Parenting: Cultivating Respect for Authority in Children

Learn the importance of authority in the home and how it molds children's character, habits, and attitudes toward all forms of authority. Discover why proper parental authority is crucial for a harmonious family dynamic and how it benefits children in the long run. Find guidance on instilling respect and obedience in children while nurturing a loving and disciplined environment.

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Effective Parenting: Cultivating Respect for Authority in Children

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  1. Seven Keys to Raising Godly Children

  2. Key #5 : AUTHORITY (Control) • Authority – “the power or right to give orders, make decisions, and enforce obedience.” • Some demand “freedom” from restrictions! • Society Denies Children should be required to submit to parental authority

  3. Why Is Authority Important In The Home? • Authority In The Home Ordained by God • Husbands have Authority over Wives- 1 Corinthians 11:3; Ephesians 5:22-24; Acts 5:29 • Parents need to correct their own relationship toward authority first

  4. Parents Have Authority Over Children • Proverbs 1:8 “hear instruction of your father ... not forsake the law of your mother.” • Deuteronomy 21:18-21 “son… stubborn & rebellious… stone him to death with stones.” • Romans 1:30,32 “disobedient to parents” “deserving of death” • Ephesians 6:1; Colossians 3:20 “obey your parents”

  5. Authority Produces Cooperation & Organization in the Home • God ordained Authority in Every Human Relationship that He Ordained • Citizens Must Submit to Civil Government – Romans 13:1-6; 1 Peter 2:13,14

  6. Authority Produces Cooperation & Organization in the Home • God ordained Authority in Every Human Relationship that He Ordained • Employees Must Submit to Employers – Ephesians 6:5-8; 1 Peter 2:18

  7. Authority Allows Children to Benefit from Parents’ Wisdom & Experience • Proverbs 29:15 “rod & rebuke give wisdom” • Proverbs 4:10-12 “taught you in the way of wisdom” • Gives Children Sense of Security

  8. Authority Molds Children’s Character & Habits • Proverbs 22:6 “train up… in the way he should go” • How can parents get children to practice & develop good habits? • 1 Corinthians 13:11 • 1 Samuel 2:22-25; 3:12,13 “his sons made themselves vile, and he did not restrain them.”

  9. Parental Authority Teaches Children Proper Attitudes Toward All Authority • Must Learn to Submit to Others who Have Authority & how to Exercise Authority when They Have it • Develop Proper Authority Relationship Between Our Children & Ourselves • Does God know best, or Doesn’t He?

  10. Parental Authority Teaches Children Proper Attitudes Toward All Authority • People Must Learn How to Relate to the Authority of God • God is an “Authority Figure” –to receive eternal life, must OBEY HIM – Matthew 28:18-20; 7:21-27; Ecclesiastes 12:13; Hebrews 5:8,9; 1 Peter 1:22 • Use of Authority Not Contrary to Love, but proper exercise of Love

  11. How Should Children Show Respect For Authority? • Must Act Obediently – Ephesians 6:1; Colossians 3:20 • You should expect your children to obey You like God will expect them to obey Him • Must Speak Respectfully- Ephesians 6:2,3; Matthew 15:4; Proverbs 30:11,17; 1 Timothy 5:1 • Respectful ways to Speak to a father and Disrespectful ways

  12. How Should Children Show Respect For Authority? • May a Child Ever Express Disagreement with Parent’s Decision? • 1 Timothy 5:1 – includes telling him he was wrong – be respectful • Rebellion will not be tolerated • Children must Never Strike Their Parents- Exodus 21:15 – Put to death under Old Law.

  13. Are The Children in Your Home Learning Proper Authority Relationships?

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