To The Parents

“The goal of a virtuous person is to become like God” St. Gregory of Nyssa

I decided to develop the Virtue Reward program to help cultivate and strengthen good virtuous habits in children. As a result of these virtues being praised at home the parents learn to fine tune their own habits. As a parent, I know it is all too easy to fall into the habit of only speaking down to our children when they are doing something wrong. In using these virtue reward cards we begin to get into the habit of giving attention to our children for doing good. Even if it is the littlest thing. This reward program takes the commitment of the parents for it to work to its fullest extent. Some of the virtues are only noticed on the minute level. This means the parents must really be paying attention to their children in the smallest acts. We want to encourage the children to continue to do virtuous acts no matter how small. The encouragement of these acts when young will help the child to form life long habits helping them to be more holy adults. We all know habits can be hard to break. When the habit is virtuous this is a good thing. The younger one learns to recognize virtues in themselves and those around them, they will effortlessly practice these virtues as adults. It is my hope that in implementing this reward program in your family your children and you will be lead closer to the holiness God calls each one of us to be.

Katie Guy

Inventor of the Virtue reward Program