Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it – Proverbs 22:6.
Parenting isn’t an easy job, whether you are married or single. Parenting isn’t just having a baby but caring for that child until he or she becomes a young adult.
Many children have parents, but the parents aren’t parenting them. Children should not be left alone to defend or take care of themselves. If they can’t depend on their parents, who can they depend on? Today’s generation of children is basically parenting themselves because the parents are too busy trying to be their buddy or trying to live their own lives.
If children aren’t trained starting at the time they can comprehend and apply what they are being taught, they will grow up to be law-breaking citizens. They will disrespect themselves and others. When they aren’t disciplined, the police and the prison will.
In yester year, the parent knew who their child’s friend was, they knew where they were at. They disciplined their children when they disobeyed the house rules. They were taught how to respect themselves and others.
They were taught not to hang with people who like to riot or steal. They were taught to get a good education, be a professional, and abide by the law. Parents took time with their children, taking them on vacations, to dinner, to movies, and just spent time talking with them. Listening to what was on the child’s mind and heart.
Loving a child isn’t giving them everything they ask for. It’s not allowing them to run the streets all night long. It’s not permitting them to talk to you the way they speak to their friends. Parenting isn’t partying and kicking it with their child.
Discipline has left many homes, and parents are in grief because of the behavior of their child or children. House rules should be that if they are living under your roof, eating your food, sleeping in your bed, and you are supplying their needs, they have to obey the rules of the house, nothing less!
Take back your rights as a parent; love them, but also discipline them. Teach them how to be law-abiding citizens.