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How To Teach Your Kids To Make Wise Decisions


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How do you teach your kids to make wise decisions in a world that feels increasingly morally gray? As homeschool parents, many of us worry about striking the right balance. We don’t want to be too controlling on one hand, but we also don’t want to just let our kids “figure it out” on their own. So how do we help them develop godly wisdom without micromanaging every choice?

In this episode, I talk with Dean Zuleger—a father of four, grandfather of seven, and someone who has spent decades mentoring kids through coaching, teaching, and ministry. Dean homeschooled his own children in Wisconsin, and now his son and daughter-in-law are homeschooling their five kids in Minnesota. Dean has developed a biblical framework for teaching decision-making to children that gives them structure and security in an uncertain world.

His approach? Use classic literature and powerful questions to help kids move from observing characters’ choices to owning wisdom themselves. Whether you have wiggly elementary boys, decision-averse teens, or kids somewhere in between, this conversation is packed with practical tools and biblical wisdom for raising wise decision-makers.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL DISCOVER:
    • Why structure and order are essential
        • How to use classic literature to teach decision-making
            • The natural progression of independence
                • How to correct without labeling as failure
                    • What to ask when choosing between two good alternatives
                        • The difference between God’s moral will and sovereign will
                            • Why teaching kids to “think ahead” matters
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                              RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
                                • The Wolf Story by Williams McCleery
                                    • The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
                                        • Watership Down by Richard Adams
                                            • Think Ahead by Craig Groeschel
                                                • Decision-Making and the Will of God by Gary Friesen
                                                    • The Warrior’s Way by Jocko Willink
                                                        • Great Homeschool Conventions
                                                            • Training Aliens
                                                                • CharisDynamics.com and Dean @ Charisdynamicsllc.com
                                                                • Have a happy homeschool week!

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