2 Timothy 1:6 — This is why I remind you to fan into flames the spiritual gift God gave you when I laid my hands on you.

I learned more about Christianity from my mother than from all the theologians in England. 

— John Wesley 

All that I have ever accomplished in life I owe to my mother.

— Dwight L. Moody

You are as much serving God in looking after your own children, training them up in God’s fear, minding the house, and making your household a church for God as you would be if you had been called to lead an army to battle for the Lord of hosts.

— Charles H. Spurgeon

The memory of my sainted mother is the brightest recollection of my early years.

— Henry Ward Beecher 

Children are not a distraction from more important work. They are the most important work.

— C.S Lewis

62% of parents say that being a parent has been at least somewhat harder than they expected. 

— Pew Research 

Children often remember emotional atmosphere more than the exact events.

Infants experience an automatic calming reaction when they are being carried. 

— Psychology Today 

Secure Attachment

Babies begin learning emotional regulation by “borrowing” calm from their caregivers through touch, tone, and facial expressions.

Give (Blessing)

“Grieve not, then, if your son seem to desert you, but rejoice, rather, seeing the will of God done gladly. Remember how the Psalmist described children? He said that they were as a heritage from the Lord, and that every man should be happy who had his quiver full of them. And what is a quiver full of but arrows? And what are arrows for but to shoot? So, with the strong arms of prayer, draw the bowstring back and let the arrows fly — all of them, straight at the enemy’s hosts.”

Guidance 

Proverbs 22:6 — Teach children how they should live, and they will remember it all their life.

Proverbs 22:15 — Children do foolish things, but if you punish them, they will learn not to do them.

Begin early to teach, for children begin early to sin.

— Charles Spurgeon 

Ephesians 6:4 — Fathers, do not do things that make your children angry. Instead, teach them carefully as they grow up. Help them to understand the message of the Lord, and help them to obey it.

Help them!

Guard/Guardian 

Generosity 

You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.

— John Bunyan 

1 Corinthians 16:2 — On every Lord’s Day each of you should put aside something from what you have earned during the week, and use it for this offering. The amount depends on how much the Lord has helped you earn. Don’t wait until I get there and then try to collect it all at once.

2 Corinthians 9:7 — Remember: A stingy planter gets a stingy crop; a lavish planter gets a lavish crop. I want each of you to take plenty of time to think it over, and make up your own mind what you will give. That will protect you against sob stories and arm-twisting. God loves it when the giver delights in the giving.

God/Godliness 

Acts 2

38 Peter said to them, ‘Each of you must stop doing wrong things. You must change how you live. If you believe in Jesus Christ, then we will baptize you. God will forgive you for the wrong things that you have done. Then you will receive the Holy Spirit, who is God's gift to you.

39 God has promised to do all this for you and your children. He has also promised this to people who live far away in other places. The Lord our God will do it for all the people that he has called to come to him.’

My Children

Parents, what are your children learning from your worship? Do they see the same excitement as when you go to a game? Do they see you prepare for worship as you do for a vacation? Do they see you hungry to arrive, seeking the face of the Father? Or do they see you content to leave the way you came? They are watching. Believe me. They are watching.

— Author Max Lucado