The Sunday Mail
Life Issues with FGK
PARENTING is a calling.
Not all parents can raise their children well.
Only those parents blessed with such a calling can raise children, even those who are not their own, to be model citizens.
But there are some that struggle.
This week, it is opportune to look at the creative nature of parents.
Parenting is a gift from God.
However, it is rarely appreciated by many.
The ability of a man and a woman to come together and give birth to a living being is in itself godly in nature.
By the same ability, parents can help shape, mould and create an ideal future for their children by directing the life their children should lead.
They should pave way for the minors by taking the right actions, prescribing the right habits and giving them a better education.
Even the words spoken by a parent are in themselves prophetic and creative in nature.
They carry whatever is said onto the child.
That is why it is not good to rebuke your child, like describing them as a “fool”.
If you call them fool, then a fool you will get out of them. It will be your own creation.
This means it is not only training that matters but also minding the words we use around them.
Words have the power to shape environment and can easily set the children up for success or failure.
Always use motivating rather than discouraging words.
By telling children that you are proud of them, you are guiding their thought process. They will be forced to always take action that they know you will find pleasure in.
Raising children requires much more than feeding them, clothing them and paying school fees.
Within our children are greater lights and it is up to us to torch those lights for them to shine bright.
No matter how intelligent a child can be, they still have some naughtiness and stupidity that is however capable of being remedied.
Some parents cannot differentiate between loving and spoiling their children. In the same vein, they are some that do not know the kind of toughness required to get the best out of a child.
In some instances, it ends up as abuse.
There is a big difference between abuse and instilling discipline.
Yes, we should love our children, but not to the extent that they stay away from the stove, the washing area or the ironing board, let alone the broom.
Quote of the week: There is a big difference between abuse and instilling discipline.
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