This past weekend it became clear that we all make mistakes as parents. I was encouraged to think that most of the stuff I have done so far isn’t life scarring and everything can be overcome by the grace of God! With that being said, we have been challenged to look at five areas that can wreck our kids:
- Let someone else be responsible. Parents are primary spiritual caregivers, which means we can’t abdicate our divine calling and responsibility to anyone else, including church programs!
- Let them make their own rules. Sometimes we view them as little princesses and princes and we let them rule instead of God. Kids are not our buddies and bff’s, they are gifts we are helping prepare for the world.
- Rob them of God’s more difficult lessons. As hard as it is, we cannot shield them from all hard and hurtful things. God teaches through the pain. Be prayed up so you will know when to let them hit their nose and when not to. That is parental discernment.
- Parent out of anger. Why did Paul say, “Don’t anger” and not discourage? Pamper? Abuse? Anger arises against authority and devours other emotions. Look at Ephesians 4:31-5:2.
- Make Kingdom living a low priority. If we worry more about our kids athletic, academic, romantic progress rather than spiritual progress then God, Kingdom and Church become low priority and virtually non-essential for the future.
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