I am so excited to have completed an ebook I have been working on for many months now. How to Build Character at Home is a collection of the many ideas our family has tried over the past 5 years to create a home infused with character. Written in easy-to-read segments of one page each, along with over a dozen printables to help along the way, I hope this ebook will make it simple and straight forward to add elements of character education into parenting practices as well as everyday family life.
To read more about the book and get your copy, please visit this page where I share a sneak peak of the inside and some more details.
To celebrate the launch of my ebook I have five prize packs to give away, featuring my new ebook plus one of the two following prizes:
Daily Whisper Inspirational Card Decks
“There are few greater challenges than watching and feeling helpless as your children struggle with all of the insecurities and questions that come up throughout childhood. As a parent we are always in search for answers regarding our children’s mental and physical health.
Daily Whisper Inspirational Messages address the needs of children and the challenges they face growing up. These cards are not specifically about thinking positively, although that is often a result, but instead they are designed to help children accept and love who they are no matter what conditions or problems they face in their early lives. Within the 30 card pack you will find topics on manners, friendship, school and family.”
Visit this page to read more about these lovely card sets. As you can see in the picture, they are a great size to stick into backpacks and lunch boxes, and perfect for a little gift.
Rochelle’s Place CD
Rochelle’s Place is a lovely musical album for kids three years old and up, with over 30 songs in the following categories:
Songs to get to know you- Songs to sing to animals
- Songs to make you feel better
- Songs to sing in the rain
- Songs to keep you safe
- Songs to sing into space
- Songs to wish on
Perfect for playgroups, car trips, and quiet afternoons, Rochelle’s Place is a sweet album and, as my 5 year old son says, “She has a beautiful voice.” To listen to samples and find out more about the CD, visit this page.
I greatly admire artists whose work uplifts those around them and encourages people to create meaningful relationships with others. I think surrounding ourselves and our children with positive messages and reminders that we can feel and show love every day is so important. Thank you, Barbara (founder of Daily Whisper) and Rochelle (musician behind Rochelle’s Place), for sharing your gifts with the world and with Moments A Day readers!
Enter the Giveaway
- 3 Prize Packs include 1 PDF Copy of How To Build Character at Home and 1 Daily Whisper Inspirational Card Deck for Kids
- 2 Prize Packs include 1 PDF Copy of How To Build Character at Home and 1 Rochelle’s Place CD
To enter the giveaway, leave a comment on this post answering the following question:
Why do you believe it is important to help your children build character?
The competition ends on 15 March at 6pm EST. The five most creative or compelling answers will win. The winners will be contacted by email and announced on this post. Good luck and thank you for participating!
If you would like to read more about my ebook How To Build Character at Home (or get your own copy), you can do so on this page.
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This giveaway is open to residents of all countries.
You must provide a valid email address when submitting your comment.
Entries are limited to one per household.
Winners must contact me within 4 days or the prize will be re-drawn.
Winners agree to their contact details being passed on to the appropriate representative in order to be mailed their prize.
Prizes are not redeemable for cash nor are they transferable.
This is not a sponsored post. I was given a sample of each of the prizes, and the prizes themselves are being freely offered by the companies. To find out more about sponsorship and advertisement on my website, visit this page.
A good character is like wings in a difficult situation .
Empowers the child to use the power of utterance coupled with action and balance of emotions to wing his/her way through life!
A problem is then seen as an opportunity to practice a virtue which is developed through character building!
I am my child’s pillar and it is my responsibility to teach him about the importance of good character. I can’t rely on the school or anyone else to do it for me if I want to insure that it is done properly. I can hope they help but character starts at home!
Not many in today’s world show godly character. And it’s not something we just automatically “get.” It must be taught. So, as parents we must intentionally teach our children how to have godly character. I look forward to a resource that equips me to do just that.
It’s important to me to help my children build good characters for several reasons: 1) Their characters will be built even if I don’t help them and I want them to build GOOD characters, so they really need my guidance and support. 2) Your character is all you take with you to heaven, so building good Christian characters is of the upmost importance; 3) their dad is in prison right now, so I have to work even harder to make sure their characters don’t lead them down the same wrong path their father took.
Why do we need to teach our children to develop character? This is like asking why we would need to teach our children how to eat good food!! Without tapping into (and showing examples of) our true nature of love, compassion, joy and peace, little ones (as we are) are easily swept away and lost in the heaving river of worldly ways. Virtuous thought and action provide avenues for children to feel REAL fulfillment, not that found in things of materialistic nature. We are here to love, to fill others’ lives with love, and to be loved in return. Let’s enable them to do that. Thank you Chelsea for putting your wisey wise wisdom out there; these invaluable tools that us compelled ones can put into good use. Love you all mothers – keep doin’ ya thang!!! 😉 <3 <3 <3
My kids need to learn and be taught character at home because God entrusted them to us! It’s our job to train them. If we entrusted that job to anyone else, the results would not be the same because there would be no consistency. Kids need the example.
My daughter has a beautiful light. It is my job to show her how to let that light warm and glow for the benefit of those she comes in contact with. It is nice to have some tools to enhance our modeling good character.
Developing and nurturing good character in my children helps me to feel that my job as a mother will leave an enduring presence and ripple effect not only in this next generation but in those of my grandchildren, great grandchildren and beyond. In a world, too full of takers and that encourages and rewards the selfish, our children of good character will lead and empower all those they meet in the revolution for world change by love, peace and true acceptance. God Bless those darlings that He has so willingly entrusted to us.
Having a good character is so important and to demonstrate that to our children so they can follow in our footsteps. You provide such wonderful ideas that empower all parents and carers.
Why do I believe it is important to help children build character? So they can find true happiness, fulfillment and joy in the human condition.
I believe it’s important to build character traits in children so they have a developed moral compass and to keep others from taking advantage of them. If they know how to behave with integrity and compassion then they will foster that in their lives, choose to be friends with similar valued people, and foster those same traits in their future families.
Godly character isn’t something my kids will just pick up; I have to teach and model it for them. God gave us Jesus as our example and He gave my husband and I as examples to our kids. Teaching character is part of being a parent.
With today’s world moving at such a fast pace, so much gets overlooked. And our children are those that suffer. It amazing to finally have it brought back to the basics on the most important things in life. To set them up for the future and help them to become valuable people for society.
By helping them to become strong in character, ensures that they will make good choices, will care for others and will ensure that they do all they can for everyone, including them self. And at the end of the day this is what we need in the world for it and it’s people to survive.
To make them become good citizens and they will create a good society.
I can’t imagine NOT teaching our kids character traits! They need the character traits to help them become the adults that God wants them to be, and it is our job to train them in that direction. Character-training helps them solve their problems, help and model to others what it means!
Character is extremely important. It is a huge part of our society and how that society functions. If we, as mothers, want our child(ren) to succeed in this world we have no choice but to rear a child who is of strong character and morals.
Is this comp open to residents of Australia?
Yes, Tara! It is open to residents of all countries. 🙂
Great, thank you. Why do you believe it is important to help your children build character?
In that case, here is my (short) answer.
I believe it is important for children to build character to be able to get through life with a good attitude in order to be able to handle all the bumps and bruises along the way.
If children are built up in character they won’t see life in a negative way and will have the emotional capabilities to be able to take the good with the bad.
If they are able to do this, they will be much nicer people to be around, & will be more mindful of others and their feelings. They will be decent members of society who will be able to either hold down a steady job or raise their own children in the same manner.
Thanks. 🙂
I believe that a “good” character is not inherited…it is learned from those around us. It takes many adults to contribute to a wholesome character, however, let it begin with me. If I am able to use valuable tools like the knowledge shared in your e-book then I would be a fool not to do so. It would be a privledge. I have been blessed with a wonderful biological family and a wider “community” family in whom I derive pleasure when interacting with young parents and their families…and I have been blessed when people have given me unsolicited complements about the good character of my children. When I have dismissed these complements they have truely reminded me that upbringing matters. May i have many more opportunities to share my knowledge and my mistakes and my humility with other parents as I seek to encourage and nurture them…
Good character is something that will last an entire lifetime. There are people who may try to influence them and I want my children to be guided bu their morals in all that they do.
I believe it is wise to build character into children, because as they journey off it is those building blocks, those foundation roots that now young people will either immediately or eventually return to. There is such great pain when a young person behaves inappropriately, but even more sadness knowing that some have truly been taught no other way. Some children grow up watching their parents steal, manipulate, lie, bully, and those are the blocks they work off of. I will not pretend to believe my children will not fall down, but I want them to have an idea as to how get up. I want them to know how to return to a positive joy filled life. I know I am the main filter, teacher, and example they will use to base their future action upon and I, so very graciously, could use all the help I can get. Your book would be a wonderful aide.
Good character will guide them through life even when my husband and I are not around. I hope to raise kids that will better this world not just inhabit it.
Thank you for the awesome posts and giveaway.
Character is so much more useful than knowledge nowadays. I hope my kids grow up to be self-confident and kind!
Character will determine a child’s destination, and it is so vital that they learn it while they’re young!
I too love your wisdom and love being able to share information with the parents that I am woring with to empower them to empower their children. I am reminded of this very powerful quote: I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
It’s a great privilege to instill good values in our growing buds.
God entrusted my child to me, so I am going to do whatever it takes to build him up for Gods glory.
Today I have stumbled onto your site, and what a joy! My partner and I are currently learning the hard way why character is important, and that teaching our kids to have good character will save them a lot of heartache. Of course, kids learn what they see and live, and only a little of the total they are told. Despite being keen, and frequently telling our kids what they should be doing, as parents we weren’t doing it, or even sitting down and engaging with them. Character is the square of good manners, (being a maths teacher, this is a succinct way of framing it!) Good manners is thinking of the other person and their comfort/point of view. In a sense, following the rules. Good character is knowing the game well enough to adapt to different rules, and even make rules of your own, for the best outcome for all players. It is a giant leap. Our friend base is multicultural and spans most religions and varieties of atheists ;). The people that stand out and are much loved, are all of excellent character, regardless of background or circumstances.
It has stood them in good stead; a gift I would love to share with my kids.
Character determines whether the child knows right from wrong and not only how to stand up for themselves but how to stand up for others. Good character seems to be lacking in today’s society of kids. It is one of the core values I try to teach my son everyday!
When I think of good character, I think of someone that has to ability to be open-minded, make good judgement, see from many perspectives. It may sound a little ignorant, but I find myself to be of good character. However, shaping a little one’s character comes from the world that you present to them on a daily basis. My daughter is 3 and now that I’ve stumbled upon this, it makes me wonder how much I’m contributing to her character (positive/negative) unknowingly. I have personally found it very difficult to come by those with TRUE, good character. I want my daughter to be one that I can hang out with when she’s grown and enjoy her company because of good character. I believe that good character speaks a great deal of someone.
To be a David in a world full of Goliaths
Why do you believe it is important to help your child build character?
Character is so much a part of a person that shows through in everything they do or say or behave or think. It will affect the people in their lives too. It will be great if they could touch someone in a positive way.
The virtues don’t come easily to most persons and so if a parent really wants the best for a child, perhaps some intentional modeling is necessary. Especially if it is something that the parent has trouble with too.
W
When I think of character, I think of integrity and honor. It’s what someone does when nobody’s looking. It’s what comes out when a person is squeezed or pushed against the wall. It shows what one is made of in times of both trials and victories. That’s why it’s very important that we, as parents help build our children’s characters because these things will dictate how they would conduct their lives and react to circumstances. They could either live a godly and victorious life or live in hopelessness and defeit. The kind of character they would posses is dependent on the kind of training they get.
Character is the inward motivation to do what is right. Character is the standards that we learn and the way we learn to respond to difficult situations. What we are like when no one else is watching us and it reveals who we are at the core. Without Christ it is impossible to change our hearts, but through him and through training we can build our character. It isn’t enough for a kid to do “good” or to make an “A” but it is more important that they have self-control in midst of anger and that they have persistence to study for a hard test. Sometimes we focus on the end result not the character that got us there.