The generation of the upright shall be blessed. Psalm 112:2

We can hold to the promise that God will bless our children, if we grow them up according to His Word. Our main desire for our kids is not that they be wealthy or famous, but that they will love the Lord Jesus Christ, and count in His cause.

The children of the righteous also enjoy blessings. In general, they will be privileged (the Hebrew word gibbôr, mighty), indicates nobility, having the right of carrying arms in defense of the king. As long as they maintain the character of the upright they will be pronounced blessed. God’s faithfulness to His covenant ensures that He will continue His care for His people.

God Gives Instructions for Growing Children

Our Children Need An Example

Proverbs 1:7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

If they don’t learn to respect God, they’re only going to have a small portion of genuine knowledge. Fools despise wisdom and instruction. “The just man walks in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.” Proverbs 20:7

Our kids are going to learn more from our lifestyle than they’re going to learn from our words. We need to give them a godly example. You do not have to pretend perfection: you are not. They’re going to be watching you to see how you handle your mess-ups. There are so many things they can only learn by example.

Our Children Need Unconditional Love

For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. He taught me also, and said unto me, “Let your heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live. Proverbs 4:1–4

Unconditional love does not mean that you give a child everything he or she wants.

Our children need to be assured that when they do misbehave, they will not be afraid to come to you. Love needs not to be merely in words, but it has to have some physical attachments to it. Love is also shown by sympathy. When our children have their problems. cry with them when they hurt. Be there for them.

Our Children Need Encouragement

My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion. For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.” Proverbs 3:21–26

Here is Solomon, the wisest man who ever lived, outside of the Lord Jesus Himself. He was purely human. Here in Scripture we can read and see the sense in which he’s talking to his son and encouraging him, wisely “building him up.”

Our Children Need Instruction

Proverbs 2:1-7 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. You have to train to play football, or any sport. You have to train to learn particular things. Train. Give instruction: line upon line, precept upon precept. Isaiah 28:10, 13 Never doubt it:

The prime educational institution is the home.

Our Children Need Restrictions/Boundaries

Proverbs 6:20 My son, keep your father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of your mother.

Limitations don’t bind the child; they set him/her free. No limitation on a child implies that you have rejected that child. That is the reason so many children are conquered by someone else.

Our Children Need A Listening Ear

He that answers a matter before he hears it, it is a folly and shame unto him. Proverbs 18:13–15
You have to be willing to listen when they want to talk.

Our Children Need A Happy Environment

Proverbs 15:13 A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

Be firm, be fair, and be fun. Don’t be ashamed if you have a sense of humor. (But don’t use it to wound your child.)

For Our Children’s Protection We, The Adults Must Live In A Godly Lifestyle

Corporate responsibility does cross generational lines. When He gave the Law, God Himself declared that He punishes the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate Him—though of course this presupposes that these later generations continue to hate Him. We know that sin is often social in its effects. For instance, children from backgrounds of abuse often become abusers, children from drug addiction homes, often become addicted. Sin is rarely entirely private and individualistic. So while people CAN overcome their backgrounds, give your children the gift of not having to figure out how to do that. Parents, we must love God and live in righteousness, and teach it to try to equip and protect our children!