All of us have been in either a store, a restaurant or some other public place when a young child(ren) have run wild! When I see that, I feel sorry for these kids. If they don't learn self control when they are young there are heading for nothing but trouble later in life.
I am sure that retailers and restaurant managers grow weary of asking parents to "corral " their out-of-control offspring. But one restaurant management of an eatery I recently visited sought to be proactive from the moment people walked in their door. Hanging prominently adjacent to their front reception desk was a cute sign that read, "Unattended children will be given an espresso and a free puppy." The sign, meant to be humorous, was this restaurants way of saying, "Parents, please keep your child in check!"
Parenting has always been challenging ... perhaps never more than it is today. But it is a challenge worth "grabbing by the horns!" Children are a gift from God (see Psalm 127:3). So parents, no matter how weary they might be from the demands of a busy routine, must treat their kids the gifts that they are (vs. just another burden to bear!).
Parents, let me encourage you to do something that will be the very best thing you could ever do if you want to be the kind of parent that your kids need you to be. Make your relationship with God the #1 priority in your life! Seek Him. Get into His Word - and then seek, with HIS help to "put it into practice!" The more you love God, the better equipped you will be to love your children!
Thanks for stopping by . . .
pj
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