Well Hello There. I hope you are doing well. In this post we will be looking at ten ways that parents unintentionally harm their children. I'm sure that many folks think that they are raising their kids right; after all most men will proclaim their own goodness (Proverbs), however how many parents do you think are doing a good job in God's sight. Sometimes people are misguided and do things that actually harm their kids, even when the parents think they are helping them. I believe this post will be important because God doesn't just want us to reproduce, he desires Godly Seed (Malachi). Without further ado, let;s take a look at these examples.
1. Public Schools
One of the most common ways that Christian parents sin against their children is by delegating their upbringing to the public school system. Many parents simply do not want to put in the time to raise their own kids. This is a sin of neglect that harms the children mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. There are dozens of reasons not to send your kid to public school but none of those reasons will convince a parent that is dead set on abandoning their child to the government. I will put a link below that goes into specifically many of the ways public schools harm children, you may also want to check out the book "dumbing us down" by John Taylor Gatto.
https://forjesustheamen.blogspot.com/2020/10/a-rant-about-public-schooling.html#more
2. Pharmaceutical Drugs
Another way that parents harm their children is through giving them prescription and nonprescription drugs. We've all seen the commercials where it has these happy smiling people doing something like running through a field of flowers (with beautiful music plays in the background, all the while a fast, quite voice list off all the possible serious side effects of use of said drugs is listed off. If you want more details on this I will list a link below, you can also check out my fourth book "Bible Verses For Born-Again Believers Vol. 2 Sin, The Devil, & Hell" which goes over this topic in some depth.
https://forjesustheamen.blogspot.com/2017/11/why-you-shouldnt-take-prescription-drugs.html
3. Celebrating Pagan Holidays
One way to open doors for demons to oppress you is to by mimicing the world's devil worshipping practices. Christmas, Easter, Valentines Day, and Halloween all come from the rituals of false religions and should not be imitated. Now is it wrong to have a meal with your family any day of the week, no. Is it wrong to give someone a gift any day of the year, no. Is it wrong to have some fun activities, again, no. However we should not mimic the patterns of this world. The bible is clear that Christians are to be a holy, set apart people; see Romans 12 and 2nd Corinthians 6. The bible warns that we cannot partake of both tables in 1st Corinthians 10. We cannot serve two masters. You can see what I mean more in depth if you just look to your right under the label (pagan holidays).
4. Lack of Discipline
I am willing to assume that there are many parents in the world today that refuse to discipline their children, and that they think it's cruel to spank them. This is a form of neglect that will instill into the child that there are no consequence for bad behavior. It isn't mean or evil to spank your kids, it is a necessary part of raising someone to be godly; for even the Lord chastens us when we go astray. To say that it is wrong to spank a child is to go directly against multiple verses in the book of Proverbs. How to discipline your child. When you see your child misbehaving, do not shout at them, do not punish them in anger, explain to them what they did wrong, administer discipline, then affirm your love to them.
5. Feeding Your Child Low-quality Food
Some parents probably think it's simply enough to feed your child 3 times a day, without putting much thought about what the food consist off, but the truth is that many disease could have been prevented with proper nutrition and avoidance of unnecessary/dangerous food additives. Now I will not go into much detail on this here because I already have some posts on this earlier this year and will be giving more health advice in the near future (Lord Willing), so we can move on then.
6. Working too much.
No doubt that their are alot of dads out there that spend 50,60, or even 70+ hrs a week working so that they can make sure that their child wants for nothing physically. However as Christians we are required to not only care for our offspring's physical needs but for their mental, emotional, and spiritual needs as well. Fathers are required by scripture to raise their children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. It is the man's job to teach his sons, not the government. Parents should be daily reading scripture to and praying with their kids, this should not be an option for Christians. I also believe that it is benefiecial for dads to do fun things with their kids as well. Take them camping, shoot some hoops, play a board game, spending quality time together is important.
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