1. Invest time in them
   EVERY child needs their parents’ time during the different phases of their growth. Parents will sometimes state that they do not have enough time to spend with their children, but they must make some time since their children belong to them. Those children were not born by their own request but by two adults of opposite genders who engaged in sexual activities.
2. Listen to and read the news with your children
   Every child learns differently, and at a different speed, so parents must carefully assess their children and help them to learn. There is no standard formula that can be used to make all children learn the same way and at the same speed.
   One good way of helping children to learn is through the news. Parents can watch, read, and listen to the news with their children. Sometimes, children may not see the importance of participating in listening to, reading, and watching the news, but as they have schoolwork or have to engage in conversation, they may see the benefit of the information they have learned.
   Most news reporters and journalists are trained, so the quality of the information they broadcast helps people to learn. Adults listen to, watch, or read the news because they are trying to keep up to date with whatever is happening.
   Many textbooks provide quality information for people to learn from, but because of the time it takes to produce them, they may be published long after an event has occurred. Therefore, regular watching, listening, and reading of the news are very important for people to be up-to- date on what has happened or is about to happen.
3. Invest time in social and cultural events
   Children love to be entertained. It is sometimes through social activities that children learn many important things. There is so much that teachers can do to help children learn, but parents must also invest in their children’s learning. The collaborative efforts of parents and teachers will produce great children.
   While governments will invest in children’s lives, there is a need for many more people to be involved in their development. Some parents believe that once they send their children to school, then that is all they have to do. However, each parent must show interest in their children’s development. People in society must play vital roles in helping children to develop. Parents must allow their children to interact with other people in society, including their neighbours. Some neighbours may not be good to allow children to interact with them, but they are not all bad.
4. Invest in their education
   When children are introduced to early learning, it can create an appetite for them to continue to take an interest in learning throughout their lives. As parents introduce their children to early learning, they may enjoy the conversations with which their children will engage them.
   Early learning can be done through formal and informal options. A mixture of both is very important for children to develop. Not every child may see the importance of learning, but parents must not withhold opportunities for exposing children to learning from a tender age.
5. Invest in their spiritual life
   Parents, remember that just as your children need education for their academic growth, they also need the Creator for their spiritual growth. Therefore, parents must invest time in their children by ensuring that they have an understanding of the Creator. Too often, parents expect that schoolteachers will provide all of the information that their children need, but parents also have to invest in their children’s academic, social, and spiritual lives.
   Many families have family devotions, where at least one of the adults will spend time praying, teaching spiritual words, and encouraging other family members to keep their relationship with the Creator strong. It is through family devotion that some children come to have an appreciation for the Creator and other humans. Some families have standard days when all members of the family are expected to gather in one place for family devotion. Most times, family devotions are held within the home or another building within the same yard.
   Family devotions are never intended to replace other religious services where devoted members will gather together. However, it allows family members to develop their own spiritual life so that when they take part in corporate spiritual activities, they are comfortable and confident in what they have to do.
6. Invest financially in your children
   It is sad to see children begging when they have strong, healthy, and wise parents, so every parent must invest in their children financially. Parents do not have to be millionaires to invest financially in their children’s lives. Sometimes, it is the financial investment parents make for their children that enables them to have a bright future.
   Life may be difficult financially for some parents. However, others can provide their children with monthly allowances. This allowance can be linked to the children having to perform certain duties, or it may be given out of the parents’ generosity. As children grow from the infant stage to adolescence to young adults, they need money to spend for themselves. Parents might not always know their children’s taste and style, especially when they move from one stage to the next.
   Children are often thankful for the food and clothing their parents have provided for them, but they may need an allowance to help them purchase things they may need when they are at school or other places.
   Children with the ability to save portions of their allowance must be congratulated. Some children are wealthy today because they saved the allowance their parents provided and looked for opportunities at a later stage to invest the money.
7. Involve children in sports
   Not all children will have a desire for academics. Some may have a desire to learn a trade, and some may have a desire for sports. When parents know their children’s desires, then they should support their children in order to maximise their abilities. Parents should not encourage and support their children to do the wrong things.
   Parents are sometimes so protective over the lives of their children that they do not want their children to venture out to exercise or engage in sports. Parents must be aware that sports are also important for their children’s learning. When children are involved in sports, they become more disciplined and respect time. Some sports also help children to improve their memory of past events, while other sports cause children to think strategically because they have to assess what their opponent may want to do.

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