Sunday School Activities – What Makes Kids Misbehave?
08-30-2010
Getting kids to feel empathy for those less fortunate is often not easy, as empathy is considered an emotion that grows stronger with maturity. But it’s never too soon to provide Sunday school activities to help them stretch in that direction. This is one.
When choosing what company we will keep as Christians, we don’t want to visibly “reject” or hurt feelings. We want to build people up and not tear them down. So it’s important, if we’re deciding who’s best for us to keep company with, to have compassion. Compassion means we feel bad for people who act up, because we understand why they
do sometimes.
Some of the reasons kids act up are on these cards. Let’s take turns pulling cards and talking about them.
Have kids pull cards, which give some of the foremost reasons as to why kids can behave badly. Tell them to think of experiences they may have had that would go with the card they’re discussing. Try not to use names. The point is to discuss how they might view the person differently and how they might handle a situation that arises in the future.
Card #1: Kids often reflect how they have been made to feel.
Card #2: Kids will behave badly if they are not stopped.
Card #3: Kids will sometimes lie or cheat because they don’t feel good about themselves.
Card #4 Kids can watch people in movies, TV shows or cartoons without the guidance of Mom or Dad.
Think of one person from the scenarios discussed today. While not picking up his or her habits, make a vow to pray for that person every day this week.
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