Why Teaching Children to Keep Promises is Important

The bible said to train up a child in the way that theythe promise was made to and explain to them why
should go and when they are old, they will not departthey couldn't keep their word and apologize to them.
from it.Most of the time the person will understand.
Keeping our word builds character, it shows that weWe should also teach them to not make a promise
are dependable and people can rely on us. This trait isthat they know they can't keep. This is not a wise
easier to develop as a child rather than learning itthing to do and our conscience will always remind us
through trials and errors as an adult. This is why it'sof a broken promise.
important to teach children to keep their promises.The lord keeps his word to us and he expects us to
We should teach them to keep their promise as bestkeep our word to other. You might think that breaking
they can otherwise they would be labeled as a liar anda promise is a small matter but it is not. It can cause
this label can follow them all their lives. We wouldn'tstrife and indignation against the person who broke
want that.their word.
It is easy to make a promise and not keep it especiallyChildren are receptive; they will generally remember
when things go wrong but it doesn't change the factwhat we teach them. So we should teach them good
that a promise was made so if it can't be done, wethings so they will grow up to be a wise and
should teach our children to go to the person whomrespectable person.