Teach as You Sit, Walk, Lie Down
Building a flywheel of success for life and career
"Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.” — Deuteronomy 6:7
The Bible doesn’t ask us to set up formal classes or structured theology lessons for our children. It simply tells us to talk. While sitting. While walking. While lying down. These everyday moments are when kids open their hearts and parents have an opportunity to form memories.
When parents take time to speak—really speak—with their children, something powerful happens. The children learn about God, about right and wrong, about their family’s values. But just as importantly, they learn that they matter. That their mom and dad see them, listen to them, and delight in their presence.
Today, life rarely leaves room for these talks. Rushing to school, juggling work calls, driving to tuitions, and chasing deadlines leaves hardly any time to breathe. And even when we sit together, the TV is on or the phones are out. We all might be at the table, but our attention is elsewhere.
And then we wonder. Why don’t our children think like us? Why do they seem shaped more by trends than by truth? The answer is hard to hear, but simple. We left the talking to someone else. To YouTube. To classmates. To culture.
What if we reclaimed the table? What if we made Saturday dinners a sacred space? What if we laughed more, judged less, and told our children the stories that shaped us? What if we simply listened?
Teaching your children doesn’t begin with a lecture. It begins with a story, a stroll, a shared moment.
# Action Items
- Set one tech-free evening each weekend to just talk, without screens or schedules.
- Choose one memory or value to share with your children during a walk or bedtime.
- Make room for your children to speak—listen without correcting, just understand.