Parenting is hands down the hardest thing I have ever and will ever do in my life. Running a home and gardening is nothing compared to the mental work that is done in creatively not sending your kids into the world with a chip on their shoulders. I am constantly beseeching the Lord for wisdom to know what each of them needs-or doesn't need for that matter. I am looking for constant council as the leader of my children. Sometimes I think, "shouldn't I know this stuff?" But there was not one class in all of my lower education in 'Child Training'.
I spent my whole childhood learning how to add, subtract and multiply. How to do science, reading, and history. I know why the earth has seasons, how many planets are in our solar system, but I lack the basis in how to raise a child in "the way they should go". What is wrong with this picture. (though in this aspect I should be glad I had all those exercises on deductive reasoning.)
Spirituality was far under emphasized in my childhood, though I got a lot of lectures on how not to behave. I would like to give my children the type of spiritual training that might help them avoid this stumbling block as they raise their children, but I am lacking in earthly influence to know what exactly that would look or sound like. I know God can teach me all things, to bring me into the wisdom of truth. And maybe in some way this post is doing just that. I just sometimes wish my children had come with an individualized instruction guide, complete with trouble-shooting manual.
I spent my whole childhood learning how to add, subtract and multiply. How to do science, reading, and history. I know why the earth has seasons, how many planets are in our solar system, but I lack the basis in how to raise a child in "the way they should go". What is wrong with this picture. (though in this aspect I should be glad I had all those exercises on deductive reasoning.)
Spirituality was far under emphasized in my childhood, though I got a lot of lectures on how not to behave. I would like to give my children the type of spiritual training that might help them avoid this stumbling block as they raise their children, but I am lacking in earthly influence to know what exactly that would look or sound like. I know God can teach me all things, to bring me into the wisdom of truth. And maybe in some way this post is doing just that. I just sometimes wish my children had come with an individualized instruction guide, complete with trouble-shooting manual.
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