Be a Godly Parent
If you want to be a good parent, you need to have God foremost in your life. There is no doubt that child rearing is a difficult, complex task in the complicated world of the 21st century. However, successful parents learn to put first things first. Having a relationship with the creator God and sharing that with your children is as basic as it gets.
The daily contact we have with our heavenly Father is a wonderful way to tap into the wisdom needed to make difficult choices and to seek the protection and insights all parents need. When children see your example of asking for help, you demonstrate that, in the same manner, yielding to you for their needs is natural.
Perhaps the most common mistakes parents can make are feeling they are self-sufficient for the role of bringing up their children or that it doesn't matter, as kids will figure life out as they grow up.
However, there is a way that really works! It's a way as sure as the laws that sustain the universe, causing the sun to rise and the rain to fall from the sky. God's laws, framed by the commandments, are an invaluable resource to explain cause and effect. God said to the first child, "If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is for you, but you should rule over it" (Genesis 4:7).
Giving our children the clarity of right and wrong, cause and effect, allows them to choose wisely, having confidence that there is a way to live life.
Source: Child-Rearing Tips From the Ten Commandments
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