1. A scary thought about children Their few days at home will affect them for the rest of their lives Hb.12 Ps.55:6 What do children need? A few days As seemed best to them (= us)

2. 1. Peaceful Family, Pro.15:16-18

3. Firm foundation Greatest thing father can do for children (in family context): love their mother! Never quarrel w. mate in front of child It is wrong to demand child’s submis- sion if you do not submit to your Father Pro.17:1

4. 1. Peaceful Family, Pro.15:16-18 2. Time w. Parents, 2 Sm.14:28-33

5. 1. Peaceful Family, Pro.15:16-18 2. Time w. Parents, 2 Sm.14:28-33 3. Grounded in Truth, 2 Tim.3

6. Truth inoculates them Dt.6:4-9, day by day, one day at a time  How? Pray NT prayers Teach role models

7. 1. Peaceful Family, Pro.15:16-18 2. Time w. Parents, 2 Sm.14:28-33 3. Grounded in Truth, 2 Tim.3 4. A Good Example, 2 Tim.3:14

8. Your example demonstrates your relationship with God Has your child ever walked in on you while you were... Praying?Studying?Teaching?

9. 1. Peaceful Family, Pro.15:16-18 2. Time w. Parents, 2 Sm.14:28-33 3. Grounded in Truth, 2 Tim.3 4. A Good Example, 2 Tim.3:14 5. Kindness & Respect, Col.3:21

10. Don’t deliberately make them mad Disheartened, dispirited, broken in spirit; discouraged = lose his ambition Avoid unfair comparisons. Gn.25:28

11. 1. Peaceful Family, Pro.15:16-18 2. Time w. Parents, 2 Sm.14:28-33 3. Grounded in Truth, 2 Tim.3 4. A Good Example, 2 Tim.3:14 5. Kindness & Respect, Col.3:21 6. Warm Affection, Mk.10:13-16

12. Pro.4:3 Opposite of love is apathy When I was a son w. my father, tender, the only one in the sight of my mother – ESV Of a beloved and prized only child

13. 1. Peaceful Family, Pro.15:16-18 2. Time w. Parents, 2 Sm.14:28-33 3. Grounded in Truth, 2 Tim.3 4. A Good Example, 2 Tim.3:14 5. Kindness & Respect, Col.3:21 6. Warm Affection, Col.3:21 7. Discipline, Proverbs

14. Parental pursuits 19:18, while the iron is hot… 22:15, two ‘for’ one 23:13-14, tears now... or terrors later 29:15, the way to wisdom 30:11, 17, monitor the mouth

15. Disciplinary extremes Low on love, high on demands (authoritarian) High on ‘love,’ low on demands (permissive)

16. Love plays fair Imposes realistic expectations Prohibition is not main part of parenting Some fixate only on what they cannot do