Having the kids work with us(mainly dad) in the garden has been a great lesson in perseverance and hard work. They got to watch how the little seeds they planted and watered grew into full blown veggies they could pick and eat. We reminded them it's the same with our lives. If we plant seeds in our lives(good or bad) eventually we will see the fruit in the way we speak or act towards each other and others.  God wants us to cultivated a healthy crop, and so it is important to plant His words in our hearts and minds especially at an early age, so as we grow older, we will reap good fruit - if we faint not.