Parenting is crucial to God
There are different ideas of parenting as much as there are different cultures.
It is God’s will that your children be trained in the way of the Lord. He desires that every child should be born into a godly home and nutured by godly parents. It is only a godly parent that can train a godly seed (child).
For you as a parent or aspiring parent; it is your responsibility to train and guide your children in the way of the Lord. Ephesians 6:4.
Many people especially this age thinks the responsibility of training up a child is only for the woman. But that’s not true. Bible declared Father’s in Ephesians 6:4 not to provoke their children to wrought.
“And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.”
Both parents are fully responsible in the training of a child. As parents, God gave you kids to takecare of This is your primary assignment & responsibility as a parent (father or mother) of the child.
Today, A lot of parents are transferring the responsibilities of parenting to househelps and people. God called you to parent a child you should not fail God. We are like caretakers in taking care of our children.
The Parenting principles to be adopted differs according to the environment you find yourself. The training principles you adopt for your child in Nigeria is different from the one you would adopt Abroad.
Elements Of Training:
1. Teaching
● Exhortations
● Instructions
● Encourage the child, Never discourage your child
2. Demonstrate
● Be a living example
● Show them deliberate examples
● Allow your children to practise
● Allow them to make mistakes and correct them
3. Discipline
● Correction: teach the child what to do
● Rebuke: don’t rebuke a child you’ve not corrected. ● Be firm! (Heb 12:6)
● Little spanking (Don’t beat your children like a goat, spank them to show them it’s a “no”)
● Regiment (Prov 13:24)
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