Do you discipline your children? Are you taking the responsibility to teach and guide your children the true value in life? Do you direct and guide them in the way that they should go? How is your children responding to you?
We are responsible for the well-being of our children. If they are not taught the right way while they are growing up, they will never turn to do the right thing when they are older. The thing is, have you given yourself to your children to teach them the right way in life.
While my niece was growing up in her adolescent years, she tends to be easily agitated and critical in her attitude. It did not take long for my sister-in-law to put things in place, as she discipline her and reminded her time and time again not to behave in that manner. Today, she is 13 and became a fine woman, doing well in her studies and scored good grades in school. She is one of the top ten students in her school that has won a scholarship because of her fantastic results in her grades.
This is an example that when the parents set their hearts to discipline and nurture their children, they can be turned around and become good kids. My nephew does equally well in his exams, as he scored all straight As in his Primary 5 class and was among the top five in his class. He wants to be a military pilot when he grows up and his potential and future is great.
Do you have children who are ill-discipline and rowdy? Do you use a rod to punish them? Do you train your child in the way that they should go and when they grow up they will be responsible people? It all starts in their upbringing when they are young. Their ways and habits are cultivated when they are young and they easily listen while at that age.
The saying goes that spare the rod and you spoil the child. Never hesitate to cane them when they are wrong so that they can learn from their mistakes. Teach them morals and they will grow up to be responsible people. Do you have children that you want to bring them up in the right environment? Then start nurturing them and bring them up in the way that they should go.
What you described in your home setting sounds very familiar to me.
As a grown-up having similar past, I guess my relationship with my siblings are also not that great, but we do come together when things need to be done as part of our responsibility. Today, although we no longer have any unhappiness towards each other, the superficial relationships make it difficult for me to share Christ to them.
May God help all of us who are facing similar situations! Praying constantly …
Hi Edmond, thanks for sharing about your family. Indeed by God’s grace we can move forward irregardless of our past. May He bless you and your siblings and the love of God will propel you to share Christ with them. We have an awesome God!