Our ability to be good parents depends heavily on our relationship with God. We can only pass on what we have or believe in. Det. 6:5-9
The three key words a parent need to know about children:
Vulnerability
Love
Relationship
A child is vulnerable because children are very vulnerable and can easily believe anyone and anything. Children can be easily accessible spiritually and mentally and parents needs to be aware of this truth so that they can protect their child.
A child must be nurtured in a love brewed environment. They must grow to understand that they are loved irrespective of who they are, or will become in the future. Children thrive on love and will do anything to get it. If you don’t take up the responsibility of loving your child yourself, someone else might fill in that void and you can never tell who that person will be.
As children progress from birth into teenage and then adulthood what they crave most is relationship. They always want to know that they have people they can trust and depend on. When they enjoy a good relationship, they open up easily and become more comfortable. Your difficult child will always come back because of the relationship they enjoy with you. What a child will enjoy most in the relationship you have with them is your compliments not your complains. So reduce the complaints and increase the compliments.
Remember that your job as a parent is to escort the child into the future and you must ask yourself what kind of escort are you? No matter the posture you take as a parent you will still be an escort, therefore it will be wise to be an intentional parent so that you can be a good escort.
Parenting
Our ability to be good parents depends heavily on our relationship with God. We can only pass on what we have or believe in. Det. 6:5-9
The three key words a parent need to know about children:
A child is vulnerable because children are very vulnerable and can easily believe anyone and anything. Children can be easily accessible spiritually and mentally and parents needs to be aware of this truth so that they can protect their child.
A child must be nurtured in a love brewed environment. They must grow to understand that they are loved irrespective of who they are, or will become in the future. Children thrive on love and will do anything to get it. If you don’t take up the responsibility of loving your child yourself, someone else might fill in that void and you can never tell who that person will be.
As children progress from birth into teenage and then adulthood what they crave most is relationship. They always want to know that they have people they can trust and depend on. When they enjoy a good relationship, they open up easily and become more comfortable. Your difficult child will always come back because of the relationship they enjoy with you. What a child will enjoy most in the relationship you have with them is your compliments not your complains. So reduce the complaints and increase the compliments.
Remember that your job as a parent is to escort the child into the future and you must ask yourself what kind of escort are you? No matter the posture you take as a parent you will still be an escort, therefore it will be wise to be an intentional parent so that you can be a good escort.
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