If you have any doubt as to how the children are being raised now, I have a story that will convince you that the times are evil.
A grocery store clerk told me this week that she had to spank her grandson because he was rebelling against her. While in this rebellion he was using the "f" word over and over again to aggravate her.
Think about it, where does a six year old learn that language and what sweet young child who loves his grandmother would deliberately attempt to aggravate her. These are evil times for sure.
When I see the children in the grocery store slapping at their parent, or screaming as loudly as they can to cause the whole store to look at them, I am sickened and appalled.
This is almost becoming normal now, that is parents treating their children as equals in order to keep them quiet. There is a constant stress to bribe the child instead of training it to obey and use self control.
I witnessed a young mother at the airport recently who got down on the floor with her six year old to play a silly game. They were making everyone walking through step around them as the mother seemed to enjoy being the center of attention.
The child was not acting like an adult but the adult was acting like a child. I have no problem with adults playing games with their children, the problem comes when all decorum is thrown out the window in order for the game to attract attention from others.
The child was being trained by example to get in the way of others, caring not one wit about the inconvenience they were causing to someone else.
Adults should be setting the example for the child to learn courtesy and dignity. One can play a quiet game in a chair with the child as they wait with everyone else.
Sadly the parents of today love the praise they think they will get from showing off with the child. These people equate good parenting with play, training is not on the top of the list o qualities for parents anymore.
The day we stop trying to impress others is the day we can get down to the business of the hard work of training a child to become an adult. It starts in infancy.
A child should not be allowed to be rude just because they are a child. If they are ever going to turn into a decent law abiding considerate human being, they must be taught as a small child.
This concept of training a child is nearly gone. There is an erroneous belief that being friends with a child will make them a good person. This is the opposite of what God teaches and what works.
Children don't need another child to play with, they need a parent who will train and teach them kind and loving actions as well as the value of others.
Philippians 2:3-4 "3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves. 4 Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others."
Where did our culture go wrong? Its quite simple really, the school system indoctrinated the culture that self esteem is the greatest goal of mankind. Now we have nothing but selfishness all around us all the time, as well as most people becoming unteachable They have such a high opinion of themselves that they cannot be told anything contrary to what they want to hear.
2 Timothy 4:2-4 "…2 Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction. 3 For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires. 4 So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.…"
This mentality of self elevation is growing worse with every new generation. When a child has been raised to be selfish through continual praise and lack of discipline they are unlikely to change.
The good news is that they can change but only if they will confess their sinfulness and become born again by the Holy Spirit of God.
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