Building the Foundation

"When children are little we often fail to engage them in significant conversation. When they try to engage us, we respond with uninterested “uh huh’s.” Eventually they learn the ropes. They realize that we are not interested in what goes on in them. They learn that a “good talk” for us is a “good listen” for them. When they become teens, the tables turn. Parents wish they could engage their teens, but the teens have long since stopped trying." | Tedd Tripp -- Shepherding a Child’s Heart

Fathers Are in the Instruction Business

"God has charged fathers with the responsibility to raise their children in the training and instruction of the Lord (Ephesians 6:4). Mothers and fathers are not primarily caregivers. They are the holy representatives of the God of Creation to their children. The father’s authority is not authority that has been given to him by the state. The father’s authority is mandated by God and derived from God." | Jay Younts

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Our Children Will Be Good Sailors, Well Equipped for the Voyage

"The discipline of parenting can be the road to an enlarged soul and the path to unimagined heights of spiritual development. That’s the way God planned it. [If parenting is done rightly] our children’s sails will be set to go with Christ, to buck the winds of culture, to follow wherever he leads — and our children will be good sailors, well equipped for the voyage." | Hughes, Barbara (2007-03-31). Disciplines of a Godly Family