How to be a Better Parent



Proverbs 22:6 Train Up A Child

The message in my blog is to appeal to the whole family. Whether you are a single father or a single mother raising children alone, or married couple with children living separate lives or living in different countries. Whether you are a single parent, regardless of if you are a family that has lived with struggles or not, family plays a critical in shaping who our children become in the future.

 

We live in a very lonely and confusing world. Today, many people, specifically our children are living in a virtual world. They are imprisoned in a virtual world of their own,  away from voices and even touch, they talk and feel in cyber space and not aware if they are chatting to an actual person or a well programmed robot. Some of them even believe that the whole world function that way. Life is very hard and confusing for families living in the industrialized society, right or wrong behavior and the goodness or badness of human character are no longer clear, moral and spiritual starvations are all too common in these counties. Too many are lack of moral reasoning and the ability to think in absolute. This is a critical challenge for parents, especially single parents who dreamed of raising God fearing, intelligent, bidding spiritual kids in this new digital age.

 

Growing up, our parents used to teach us wisdom by looking into our eyes and expressed God’s hope for our lives. They also warned us about the possible dangers waiting for us in the world; we were trained how to protect ourselves from the forces that would harm us. We were thought how to guard ourselves from the hurt feelings, disappointments and negative influences from people who do not have good intentions.

 

The moral message in this blog is though parents might be overwhelmed with the commotion of activities around them, they must find peace and tranquility and find time to sit down and talk to their kids. You will be very surprised to learn how responsive and intelligent they are. They have a great sense of discernment and are aware of their surroundings. Be honest and sincere when talking to them, it is a big deal to them to hear the person they look up to say I am sorry when they mess up. Parents must be mindful that they are the only light for their kids in   such a dark world, so parents must be the candle and the mirror that reflects the light.