1 Don't be hard on your children.
Parents should not rule over their children with iron fist and possess the "Hey! You're just a kid" mentality. Parents should not opress their children. Instead, they should be reared properly by teaching and instructing them about the Lord. So, instead of being hard on them, we should love and raise them properly.
2 Start the child on the right road.
How parents train a child while he is young will determine the kind of person he will grow up to be. In most cases, a child will carry to old age whatever desirable or undesirable attitude or trait he acquired in his childhood. Starting him on the right road will give him a good foundation for a bright future.
3 Discipline your children while they are young enough to learn.
"Spare the rod and spoil the child," so the saying goes. Punishments that are commensurate to the children's miscounducts will do them more good than harm. While they're still young, they should be given lessons on discipline before it's too late. Of course, in giving disciplinary actions, the welfare of the children should be first and foremost. Parents must not vent their anger on the children, neither should they abuse them. Disciplining a child is different from abusing him.
4 Don't provoke your children to anger.
Parents and children should be the best of friends. Ideally, children should be able to share with their parents even their most embarassing experience. Rapport must be such that both enjoy each other's company. Hence, it would not be good for us to irritate or provoke our children to anger. If we desire to have children who are smart, then we should not discourage them. Instead of making them lose heart, we ought to be supportive of them.
5 Parents should provide for their children.
Parents will not always be around to support their children, neither will they forever remain young and strong. For this reason, we shoud provide for our children's future while we are still capable. Parents should provide for their children's needs--physical, emotional, social, educational, and above all, spiritual.
6 Help children defeat the evil one and the world.
Children who have been properly guided in the ways or words of God are strong. They are capable of defeting the evil one. It is the parent's obligation, therefore, to instill the words of God in the minds and hearts of their children if they want them to overcome all forms of evil.
7 Let children seriously take what you are telling them.
Many promises await children who heed parental advice or admonition. Long life, wisdom, and right living are among them.
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