How Well Do You Know Them?

“Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.” Ephesians 6:4

Another of the “basics” for keeping your kids on your team is the importance of learning to treat them correctly.

How many parents have annihilated their child’s sense of self-respect, their sense of worth, their sense of safety? What a tragedy for a child to lose their childlike innocence - the wonder of the great world they are beginning to investigate and understand.

Dad and Mom, one of your basics is to create an environment in which any child can “try their wings” within the safety and observant view of a parent. How well do you know your children as individuals? Do you understand their personalities, know their interests and abilities? Do you really communicate, or do you do all of the talking? Do you know their needs, problems, or questions?

To keep your kids on your team, you must treat them correctly. What areas do you need to begin working on immediately? If you are attentive and express interest, your children will not confuse loving instruction with rejection.