What Pet Should I Get?

Small Group Notes

We all have big dreams for our kids. What dreams do you have for your child (or perhaps a child you teach or work with) and how are you helping them achieve those dreams?

When it is all said and done, what we really need is for childre to grow into responsible adults. Read Proverbs 25:14 in the Message Version of the Bible. What leadership/parenting principle can we learn from this verse? How can we ensure that we are doing more than just talking big?

The alternative to building responsibility is fostering irresponsibility. How does irresponsibility blow up in youe life? How does responsibility build up youe life?

We all have limits; we can’t have everything we want. How did Dr. Seuss’ book What Pet Should I Get? illustrate this truth? What is the rationale behind the idea that giving a cihld everything he asks for forsters irresponsibility?

There is pressure in picking. Pastor Hugh suggested we shouldn’t remove the pressure of making decisions from a child. Why or why not? Do you agree? Why or why not?

Every decision has duties. Read Proverbs 22:6 in the King James Version. What benefit is there to requiring children to have duties and chores?

No one wants to live in a world where everyone is irresponsible. Read Proverbs 10:5. Would you consider yourself to be a prudent son (or daughter), or a disgraceful one? Why?