God Will Make Your Kids Smarter
Written by: Tom Sawyer
Parents, if your want to help your child or children raise their grade point average(s), go to church. No, I’m not saying you should go so you can pray that they will somehow become smarter through devine intervention, although that wouldn’t hurt. I’m saying attending church, with your children, will help raise their average all by itself.
Research has pointed toward church attendance having just as much effect on a GPA as a college-educated parent. Students who attend church regularly have a GPA .144 higher than those who don’t attend. Students whose parents received a four-year college degree average a GPA .12 higher than students whose parents only completed high school.
The denomination doesn’t matter, but other factors likely play a part in making this happen. Solid role models attend services and come in contact with these students on a regular basis. Also, church attendance is a regularly scheduled time for their parents to communicate when thier friends’ parents. You can take if from there and come up with other contributing factors on your own, but I think I know what it is.
Going to church – going on a regular basis – instills some discipline in children. They are taught good moral lessons and are supposed to be there at an appointed time. While there, they may allow their thoughts to drift elsewhere, but their behavior is kept in check for the most part. After a while, I think this carries over to the classroom.
There you have it. I’m sure you are about to find out what time your local church has their weekly services so you can take little Johnny – that is, if you already didn’t know.
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August 21st, 2008 at 7:28 am
My first trip out of the house, as an infant, was to church. I graduated high schoolwith a 3.8 gpa. Now I know why!
August 21st, 2008 at 3:40 pm
This is a very interesting post. In fact, it can be a little controversial. Why? Because there are those who will say good study habits result in higher GPAs. Personally, I attended church as a child, but not regularly. What’s interesting is that I graduated high school with a GPA of 3.0; however, I never applied myself – just did enough to ensure a decent GPA. I graduated college with a GPA of 3.6; again I never applied myself – just coasted along. Recently, I obtained my MBA. My GPA was a 3.7. Again, did not apply myself. I have to wonder if church would’ve been a constant in my life, would my be GPAs be higher?
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August 21st, 2008 at 6:35 pm
I agreed with Tom that church attendance instills disciple in children; nevertheless, I also believe children that are brought up in a decent home environment, with good caring parents and other positive role models in their lives they will also succeed. Case in point, Kim.
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