Keys for Charactered Kids

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Keys for Charactered Kids: Even Teddy Roosevelt was a little frustrated by the daunting task of parenting. He said “I can run the country or control Alice (his daughter). I can’t do both.” 

Rearing children in this day and age is not easy. The child-training “experts” of today are usually new evangelicals and I don’t care much for their product. In Acts 27, the apostle Paul was going sailing, and he knew more about the safety of the ship than all of the experts put together. Verse 13 says “And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Crete.” It looks good so far. Verse 14 – “But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon.” – That sounds like the teen years, called adolescence, also known as the seven years of bad luck. Verse 20 – “And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.” “No hope”. I know bus families like this—we have a girl riding the bus that is 15, and recently had her second child. The first child is age three. Verse 25 – “Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer; for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me.” Good news! If you ignore the world’s child-rearing experts, you can raise godly children in this day. Let me give you what I consider the keys for charactered kids. These keys will help unlock the mystery of parenting.

-Steve Szwarga