Bryant Wright, Founder

“Train up a child in the way he should go, even when he is old, he will not depart from it.” Proverbs 22:6

This directive from Proverbs gives us great instruction on rearing our children:

• Train up – means to lead and to teach. Teaching your preschooler, child, and teenager who God is. How we are called to trust and obey Him because of His love for us in Christ. Parents, our calling is to lead and to train.
• In the way he should go – means being a student of your child. God has created each of them uniquely, and we want them to discover who God has created them to be. Don’t buy into the myth of quality time over quantity of time, for there is no real quality time without a quantity of time to understand our child and their uniqueness.
• When he is old, he will not depart from it. “Old” doesn’t mean teenager or young adult, but a full-grown adult. “Old” could be 25 or 75.

Along the way, some kids break their parents’ hearts, but God’s Word offers hope that they will eventually come around. Take time to be a leader and a student of your children when they’re growing up in your home. There’s a far better chance they’ll listen to you when they are teens – if you lead and train them when they are young.

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Read “Praying For Your Children” also by Bryant Wright