Ancient Wisdom for Modern Families: A Study of Proverbs

by Steve Wood

Parents often ask the question, “How do I make the Faith stick with my children so they don’t wander during their late teens and 20s?” Many parents find out too late that the faith formation of their children couldn’t withstand teen peer pressure and the lure of secularism and immorality during the college years. Therefore, the question on how to make the Faith stick is one of the wisest questions a parent can ask … before a washout tragically occurs.

A new study (by The Barna Group) shows that despite strong levels of spiritual activity during the teen years, most twenty-somethings disengage from active participation in the Christian faith. They study found that six out of ten twenty-somethings were involved in a church during their teen years, but have failed to translate that into active spirituality during their early adulthood. Is there a remedy for this? 

Parents, just imagine if God himself would author a book that would provide the often forgotten but essential truths that would prevent such faith washout.  

Imagine further that God has equipped a group of special religious instructors to use this divine book to cement youth firmly to their faith and morals. What Catholic parent wouldn’t want this for their children? 

This special book and the uniquely equipped instructors actually exist and both are in your home!  Mom and Dad you are the instructors and the book God-authored book (via human agents) is the book of Proverbs. What does this book offer your children? 

• Divine wisdom especially targeted to youth
• A basic curriculum for godly living in a wide variety of life’s circumstances
• The rock-bottom foundation necessary for godly living
• The key task for child training and discipline
• The answer to the spanking question
• The antidote for peer pressure
• The foundation for all godly knowledge and education
• How to avoid the nearly-fatal parenting mistake
• Why the average parent is capable of the very best religious instruction
• How to instill a living faith into the heart of your child
• What you need to teach your child to avoid the path to hell & on the road to heaven
• The time-proven method to teach chastity
• How a single verse in Proverbs, when memorized and followed, can prevent your son or daughter from marrying a jerk
• The parenting strategies used in the protective years and the different ones used during the transition years
• The essential ingredient youth need for not falling into sexuality immorality
• The unexpected way young men are seduced into sexual immorality – even on Catholic campuses
• The wisest way to avoid sexual sin – simple advice worth a million dollars
• Warnings about dangerous advice being given to Catholic youth that is contrary to the teaching of Proverbs
• The nearly completely forgotten strategy for assisting young men in the struggle for chastity – advice echoed by St. Paul and St. John Chrysostom and The Catechism of the Council of Trent
• A handful of chapters from Proverbs that are worth more than any and every chastity book in print 

In addition to the above, Proverbs offers wisdom for a host of other topics impacting modern family life. 

Proverbs is an indispensable book of the Bible for every Catholic family.