Child Guidance -- Study Guide
Section I
Home, The First School
Date ________ CG-SG 5.2
A. Read pages 13-28. CG-SG 5.3
B. Check your knowledge: CG-SG 5.4
1. Where is the child’s first school located? (17:1)*
CG-SG 5.5
2. Who are to be his first teachers? (17:1)
CG-SG 5.6
3. What important lifelong lessons is the child to learn above all others? (17:1) CG-SG 5.7
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
CG-SG 5.8
4. For what is the home a training school? (17:3)
CG-SG 5.9
5. Complete: “Teach your children to be _______________________ and _______________________.” (17:3) CG-SG 6.1
6. If parents neglect this home training, they neglect a ______________________ duty. (18:3) CG-SG 6.2
7. On whose work do schoolteachers build? (19:2)
CG-SG 6.3
8. When should parents begin preparation for the training of their children? (21:2)
CG-SG 6.4
9. What dual purpose should be the objective of this parental training? (21:3)
CG-SG 6.5
10. What two things are parents to seek to secure for their children? (22:0)
CG-SG 6.6
11. What prayer are we to offer for our children? (22:2)
CG-SG 6.7
12. Complete: “God cannot keep children from evil if the _______________________ do not cooperate with Him.” (22:2) CG-SG 6.8
13. Why did John the Baptist’s parents move to the country? (23:1)
CG-SG 7.1
14. What is the most sacred work of parents? (23:3)
CG-SG 7.2
15. Complete: “You are to _______________________ your little ones to know ___________________.” (23:4) CG-SG 7.3
16. What disciplinary training does Christ want children to receive at home? (24:0) CG-SG 7.4
(a)
(b)
(c)
CG-SG 7.5
17. What terrible accusation is laid against careless parents? (24:1)
CG-SG 7.6
18. Complete: CG-SG 7.7
a. “They [parents] are to be very _______________________ and very _______________________ in their speech.” (24:2) CG-SG 7.8
b. “They are to be _______________________ and _______________________ to each other.” (24:2) CG-SG 7.9
c. They are “to bring into the home a _______________________, wholesome _______________________.” (24:2) CG-SG 7.10
d. “They [parents] should not _______________________ in the presence of their children.” (24:2) CG-SG 7.11
19. Why is the mother, of necessity, the special instructor of her children? (24:3)
CG-SG 7.12
20. How can parents best teach respect and obedience? (24:4) CG-SG 8.1
(a)
(b)
CG-SG 8.2
21. What will never pass inspection in the judgment? (25:1)
CG-SG 8.3
22. As soon as a child can form an idea, what is to begin? (26:2)
CG-SG 8.4
23. What can a child learn from its parents even before its reason fully develops? (27:0)
CG-SG 8.5
24. When only are parents prepared to be the teachers of their children? (27:1)
CG-SG 8.6
25. Why is proper habit formation vital in infancy and early childhood? (27:3)
CG-SG 8.7
26. Why should the firstborn child be trained with the greatest of care? (27:4)
CG-SG 9.1
C. Rate your home as a school: Excellent____ Good____ Poor____ Bad____ CG-SG 9.2
1. Where does it rate the highest?
CG-SG 9.3
2. Where does it rate the lowest?
CG-SG 9.4
D. Discuss with others: * CG-SG 9.5
1. Name two ways light has been shining “so that none need err in regard to their duty.” (13:2)
CG-SG 9.6
2. What is true education? (Book learning? Technical? Professional? Character?)
CG-SG 9.7
3. Why is the “school in the home” so important to the child? (17:1)
CG-SG 9.8
4. What four subjects are to be taught in this developing process? (17:1)
CG-SG 9.9
5. Why should parents know about physiology, anatomy, and the laws of health?
CG-SG 9.10
6. When can parents say, “My educating days are over”?
CG-SG 9.11
7. Why cannot parents wait and leave child training to schoolteachers?
CG-SG 9.12
8. Why such emphasis on careful training of our firstborn? (27:4)
CG-SG 9.13
9. How do the principles laid down in this lesson fit with Proverbs 22:6?
CG-SG 9.14
E. Think on these things: CG-SG 10.1
1. Will it be my privilege to have the gate of heaven thrown open to me and my children? (13:1)
CG-SG 10.2
2. If so, what have I done for my children? (13:1)
CG-SG 10.3
3. If the gate is closed and a hand raised to keep me from entering, what will the voice say I have neglected? (13:1)
CG-SG 10.4
4. Will God accept church activities or offerings as a substitute for neglecting my own children?
CG-SG 10.5
5. How can I answer the questions on page 25, paragraph 2?
CG-SG 10.6
6. How nearly am I as a father measuring up to the pattern laid down for me?
CG-SG 10.7
7. Am I as a mother fulfilling my greatest mission in life—to my children?
CG-SG 10.8
F. Name one way I as the (husband, wife, son, daughter) can make my home today a better school. CG-SG 10.9
INDIVIDUAL RATING SHEET CG-SG 11.1
______ Husband ______ Wife ______ Son ______ Daughter CG-SG 11.2