My Kids have Character!

Well don't we all...right?!?  We have some kind of character or another right??  Whether its good character or bad character...everyone has some character.  My husband and I try really hard to instill good characteristics in our children.  And just the other day Breann was selected out of her class for having good character (for responsibility).  We try to teach them to be giving, hard working, kind, caring, and loving people.  One of the most important things that we are trying to continuously teach our children is to put God first and everything else kinda' just falls into place from there.  Although everything else falls into place from there it has to do with the choices that we make...we make good choices then there is a good outcome, we make bad choices then there is a negative outcome, but if we put God first then those choices are easier to make.  Are our kids perfect, no...they make their share of mistakes, but that is something that I also think is helping them to become who they are (it is things they can learn from), but what counts is they do their best and are good people.  Are me and my husband perfect, nope but we also try our best with what we do and our family believes everything comes with putting God first.

Some ways we try to teach good character is (like I mentioned earlier in this entry) through giving via various projects such as a Christmas drive we have did for a few years now.  But...giving isn't just about at Christmas...we also do it at other times of the year such as with the St. Jude's Mathathon Breann was involved with and even more ways than that...like even giving to those people who stand outside a local shopping center collecting money for different fundraisers.

Something I have even did before is on the drive to school I will tell my kids no matter how large or small that at the end of the day I want them to be able to tell me one nice thing they did to help someone else that day.

The way we may show we care is through things such as having the kids help take care of our pets, etc.

The way we show love...well that can come pretty easily with such a great family, but God shows loves in so much of a better way than we ever thought we could and through Him we can show it even more than we normally would.

When it comes right down to it...I guess our faith helps us to develop our character.  Faith is very important to our family.  Breann has sang in church since she was in HeadStart or Pre-K and she still sings now.  Both of our kids ask questions to help them when they aren't sure which direction to turn.  I guess, it all comes down to faith and following God in developing our character.

What ways do you help your kids in being a good person (or have good character)...is there projects you do, is there something you do that is significant to helping them becoming and being good people??