The Examination of Conscience
Spiritual Care:
1.Do you, on a daily basis, pray for your children?
2. Have you taught your children to pray?
3.Do you pray with your child?
4.Do your bless your child aloud?
5.Do you read your children wholesome stories that will lead them on the path of righteousness?
6.Do you pray together as a family?
7. Do you protect them from harmful television shows, books, articles, etc?
8.Do you guard their innocence?
9.Do you regularly consider who you allow your children to be friends with? Will those friends’ influence harm their faith?
Physical Care:
1.Do your feed your children regularly and in a healthy manner?
2.Do you make sure they are dressed modestly?
3.Do you correct their faults as soon as they are apparent? Or,
do you attempt to explain away their bad behavior? (They are tired, hungry, et cetera…)
4.Do your children have a schedule so they can understand expectations and feel watched over? Do they have a reasonable expectation of what to expect next and when?
5.Are you quick tempered and angry towards your children? (What NOW?!)
6.Are you relieved to leave them in someone else’s care so you can have “personal” time?
7.Do your children know you’d rather be somewhere else other than with them?
8.How much time do you spend on the computer?
9.On the telephone?
10.In front of the television?
11.Anything else that makes you psychologically unavailable?
12.Is there a better use of your time than how you are using it?
The above checklist came All 4 1 and 1 4 All . I don’t know if she is the author or not. It was posted on a parenting forum that I frequent.
