How to Train a Child's Heart

Want your children to be obedient, kind, and respectful? Then train their heart. The goal is to get our kids to be good and virtuous, not because we threaten them with punishment, but because they know in their heart it’s the right thing to do.

"And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands that I am giving you today. Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up.” Deuteronomy 6:6-7 (NLT)

Want your children to be obedient, kind, and respectful? Then train their heart. The goal is to get our kids to be good and virtuous, not because we threaten them with punishment, but because they know in their heart it’s the right thing to do.

Training your child’s heart means to instill a strong foundation of what is right and what is wrong, according to God’s Word. It’s about instilling virtues such as kindness, unselfishness, and self-control. Training the heart is also referred to as moral training or character development.

By training your children’s hearts, you’ll improve their overall behavior. Because once you've instilled a strong foundation of what is right and what is wrong, children will begin to do what is right on t