Hope For Kids is a Christian charitable organization serving children and families of all faiths and cultural backgrounds. We provide safe and nurturing foster homes by modeling God's unconditional love. Have Children? Then Lead Them!

God calls parents to lead their children. And just how does a parent become a good leader for a child? Partly by focusing on three key words:

Modeling: Abraham Lincoln said, "There is but one way to train up a child in the way he should go, and that is to travel it yourself." A good example is worth a thousand sermons. What you do has more impact on your child than all the lectures you could ever give.

Management: Good management is the ability to discern the uniqueness of a child and teach him or her accordingly. We are to train up a child in the way he should go. This may mean we will have to adapt our style, depending on the child's temperament and wiring.

Memories: Memories are more important than things. The bible says "Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it." Proverbs 22:6. Note that the verse says, "When he is old, he will not depart..." This implies that the child has memories of his early experiences and embraces them later in life.