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Dana Weaver Great encouragement to keep on working hard as the parents knowing that we will reap good for all involved.
Though there may be some exceptions, generally speaking, if a child chooses evil as an adult it is probably because his parents failed in some way to properly train him as a child.
There are 3 ABCs of Successful Parenting that work together to help parents produce wise, godly children:
A - Always win in training the child to obey.
The parent, not the child, must be the winner in every contest of wills. A teenage rebel is often the product of a child who was not made to obey.
B - Be gentle.
Firmness must be balanced with gentleness or it easily becomes harshness. Greatness in a child is produced by gentleness in his parents.
C - Consistently be consistent.
Parents must not "start and stop." They must stand together so that children know it is not possible to "pit one against the other."
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