1. Tough love… Tender hearts How to Be a Better Parent

2. Be your child’s best friend If a child lives with criticism, He learns to condemn. If a child lives with hostility, He learns to fight. If a child lives with ridicule, He learns to be shy. If a child lives with shame, He learns to feel guilty. If a child lives with tolerance, He learns to be patient. If a child lives with criticism, He learns to condemn. If a child lives with hostility, He learns to fight. If a child lives with ridicule, He learns to be shy. If a child lives with shame, He learns to feel guilty. If a child lives with tolerance, He learns to be patient.

3. If a child lives with encouragement, He learns confidence. If a child lives with praise, He learns to appreciate. If a child lives with fairness, He learns justice. If a child lives with security, He learns to have faith. If a child lives with approval, He learns to like himself. If a child lives with acceptance and friendship, He learns to find love in the world. If a child lives with encouragement, He learns confidence. If a child lives with praise, He learns to appreciate. If a child lives with fairness, He learns justice. If a child lives with security, He learns to have faith. If a child lives with approval, He learns to like himself. If a child lives with acceptance and friendship, He learns to find love in the world.

4. Children need not only “quality” time; they need “quantity” time to develop good communication. Children need not only “quality” time; they need “quantity” time to develop good communication.  Loving and respectful  Free-flowing  Honest  Open  Edifying

5. Be your child’s cheerleader Celebrate every victory, large or small. Celebrate every victory, large or small. Urge greater effort when weakness is demonstrated. Urge greater effort when weakness is demonstrated. Never quit believing that their team can win. Never quit believing that their team can win. Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, that it may give grace to those who hear. (Ephesians 4:29) Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, that it may give grace to those who hear. (Ephesians 4:29)

6. Be your children’s moral compass Correct your son, and he will give you comfort; He will also delight your soul. (Prov. 29:17) Correct your son, and he will give you comfort; He will also delight your soul. (Prov. 29:17) And, fathers, do not provoke your children to anger; but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. (Ephesians 6:4) And, fathers, do not provoke your children to anger; but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. (Ephesians 6:4) Train up a child in the way he should go, even when he is old he will not depart from it. (Proverbs 22:6) Train up a child in the way he should go, even when he is old he will not depart from it. (Proverbs 22:6)

7. Be your child’s protector The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child who gets his own way brings shame to his mother. (Prov. 29:15) The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child who gets his own way brings shame to his mother. (Prov. 29:15) Rediscover your right to say “no”! Rediscover your right to say “no”!

8. “For I have told him that I am about to judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons brought a curse on themselves and he did not rebuke them. (1 Samuel 3:13) “For I have told him that I am about to judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons brought a curse on themselves and he did not rebuke them. (1 Samuel 3:13) Now Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, “I will be king.” So he prepared for himself chariots and horsemen with fifty men to run before him. And his father had never crossed him at any time by asking, “Why have you done so?” And he was also a very handsome man; and he was born after Absalom. (1 Kings 1:5-6) Now Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, “I will be king.” So he prepared for himself chariots and horsemen with fifty men to run before him. And his father had never crossed him at any time by asking, “Why have you done so?” And he was also a very handsome man; and he was born after Absalom. (1 Kings 1:5-6) Discipline your son while there is hope, and do not desire his death. (Prov. 19:18) Discipline your son while there is hope, and do not desire his death. (Prov. 19:18)

9. The life-saving "no" The life-saving "no" The moral "no" The moral "no" The priority "no" The priority "no" The challenging "no" The challenging "no"

10. A wise son makes a father glad, but a foolish son is a grief to his mother. (Prov. 10:1) A wise son makes a father glad, but a foolish son is a grief to his mother. (Prov. 10:1) He who begets a fool does so to his sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy. (Prov. 17:21) He who begets a fool does so to his sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy. (Prov. 17:21)