How Can Kids Resist Temptation? By @iddy // 10% Payout To @steemkidss

Hello everyone in the steemkids community and on the steemit platform at large, how are you? Hopefully, you are just fine. You are welcome to my blog, I want to share with you how kids can resist temptation.

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Kids face temptation in many forms, especially while in school, and this temptation often comes from members of the opposite sex, and sometimes, from members of the same sex. For this article, I have talked to some kids who are in high schools to know who normally tempts them. One of the girls I asked the temptation she normally faces said: "boys that are in the same educational class with me like touching girls, clasping them, and sometimes try to buss by force after school hours or during the break, and they won't take no for an answer". One of the boys i asked the temptation he normally faces said:"Boys who are in the same educational class with me frequently ask me to smoke cigarettes, have premarital sex in the name of love, and become a member of an occultic group for protection ".

Like the girl and boy mentioned earlier, you too may face some temptations in school, while walking in the street, or on social media, and it might seem the pressure won't just let up, and this can be likened to a continuous knocking on your door, despite the "do not disturb "sign on the door, do you hear the knocks often for your liking? For instance, do the following tempt you?

• Smoking
• Viewing pornography
• Drinking alcohol
• Becoming a member of an occultic group
• Indulging in sex
• Taking drugs
• Other….

If you answer yes to any of the above, don't just conclude that you are lost, or you are no longer a good kid for mom, dad, aunts, uncles, and the society at large. You can learn how to control your wrong desires, and to resist temptation. But you may ask, how can I do so? Recognizing the things behind temptation helps. Let us have a look at three factors behind temptation.

• Imperfection: the inclination of the heart of humans is wrong most times, as such humans do have the urge to do what is bad because they are imperfect. But dwelling on enticements to do wrong just makes matters terrible.

• External influences or influences from the environment: Temptations are found everywhere, at school, in the street, and on social media fora as mentioned earlier. People promote premarital sex, use of drugs, smoking, etc and this always seems to be glamorous.

• The desires incidental to kids: That term can encompass any desire that is normal of young people, such as the appetite for acceptance or the longing to forge your personality. Those desires aren’t bad in themselves, but if left anarchic, they can make temptation harder to resist. For instance, the yearning for your own identity could ride you to turn against the decent values you’ve been taught at home.

How then can you resist?

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HOW TO RESIST TEMPTATION

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We have to admit that the forces we've mentioned above are powerful, however, you can resist temptation as a kid, how?

• The first thing you need to do is identify the temptation that wields the powerful pull on you.

• The next thing to do is ask yourself where the temptation is most likely to occur. Is it while at school, when you are all alone, or Other ?….

Knowing where temptation is likely to happen might even help you avoid the temptation altogether.

• Now that you have known your kind of temptation and where you are likely to face it, you are ready to take action. Your foremost priority is to figure out how to checkmate the temptation or eliminate contact with the temptation.

For instance, if you often encounter classmates who urge you to smoke a cigarette or boys who want to kiss, touch, and hug you by force, perhaps you could alter your route to avoid crossing their path. If you frequently receive internet pornography that you did not ask for, you might consider installing programs to block
the source and all the similar sites. You could also be particular when selecting keywords you use in a search engine.

It is true you can't avoid all temptations. Sooner or later, you will have to face a very powerful temptation, perhaps when you least expect it. What then can you do about that?

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BE PREPARED

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Know the reason you have to resist temptations, you can write down your reasons, write the temptation you would likely face, and the actions you would immediately take to enable you to resist the temptation. Remember, when you give in to temptation, you become a slave, a slave to your desires. Why allow yourself to be regulated by your appetites? Have the maturity to control your urges instead of allowing your urges to control you.

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CONCLUSION

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Kids face temptation because of imperfections, environmental influences, and the desires incidental to youths. If a kid is tempted, it doesn't imply that he is lost, no longer a good child to his parents, but he can resist temptation by; Identifying the temptation, where he normally faces the temptation and figuring out how to minimize or eliminate contact with the temptation. Kids can not avoid all temptation, as some would come when they least expect them, therefore, kids have to be prepared by knowing the reason they have to resist temptation, the temptation they would likely face, and the actions they would immediately take to enable them to resist. They can do this by writing down those things and discussing them with their parents.

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