Heredity- Genetically transmitted or transmittable from parent to offspring by inheritance or by reason of birth. The transmission from parent to offspring of certain characteristics. Tendency of offspring to resemble parents or ancestors.
Training- To guide the mental, moral, development of. To instruct so as to make proficient. Training has the specific goals of improving one's capability, capacity, and performance.
Capacity of the Whole family- Both heredity and training find strongest confirmation in this. (This is one of my favorite phrases!)
FACTS: The Booths raised a family with the express purpose of carrying on and perfecting the work which they had begun. All 8 children devoted their lives to the cause, although in later years a few left to start other ministries.
Few families are known to have infused into their members, (even the spouses to join the family later) the enthusiasm of its founder such as the Booth's did.
As the quote from "Memoirs of Catherine Booth" by Booth Tucker(out of print) states..."Considering how many fail in impressing their most cherished convictions upon their children, we shall do well to study the method by which Mrs. Booth achieved success."
Questions:
1. What do you think is important to pass on to your children?
2 In what ways should children resemble you, their parents?
3 Do you have a dream and a vision for your family? What would that be?
4 If you had a plan of training mapped out for your children what would that look like?
5 We didnt go into detail about this but what do you think the phrase"The capacity of the whole family" means for you?
You can state whether you agree or disagree with anything mentioned. We are not using this format to get all positive feedback. Some of the methods or ideas used by Catherine may be out dated or foreign to us ,as you will see in further conversations...we hope to glean the positive and learn from the negative....start talking!!
