Parent's Responsibility of
Raising Future Leaders
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by Jeff Riddle
Galilean Leader Bethlehem Baptist Greenbrier, AR
Instructor Central Baptist College
Welcome
to the Parent’s page! I’m
glad you’re here. As the
parent of two young men in the Galilean program, I have been asked to
share how important our job is as we teach and train the next generation.
Proverbs
22:6 states “Train a child in the way he should go: and when he is old,
he will not turn from it.” We
may know this verse by heart, but how serious are we in the actual
training process? How often
do we actually think about our actions and the results of our decisions as
we model them to our children? We
should think about it often!! Proverbs
20:7 says “ The righteous man leads a blameless life; blessed are his
children after him.”
When you look at your life as a whole, the actual window of time that you get to spend training your children is very small. That’s why it is so important to cherish each and every day we have with our children. We should never take a single day for granted. I often tell other parents that my most important job at this season of my life is to be a parent. It is not anyone else’s responsibility – it’s mine! I heard a popular Christian radio host ask the question: Do you know how kids spell love?
T-I-M-E
Our
current society and culture pushes us to let kids “do their own thing”
from a very early age. Society’s voice tells us our job is finished by the time
our kids are 10 to 12 years old. Parents
often feel that their job of socializing their children is finished by the
teenage years and they leave the socialization to the school system, peer
groups and even the church.
I
know it can be tough to parent a pre-teen, but don’t give up just when
they need your parental example the most!
Studies show that even though teenagers “say” they don’t
listen to their parents, they still look to parents as the primary source
of advice, guidance and support.
The Galilean program is here to provide you with support in your role as a parent. The last part of the Galilean Promise states “ I promise to do or say nothing that will bring dishonor to Jesus, my church, or my family.” We want to raise up young men that bring honor to their family. We all have a role to play. Let’s take our role seriously and do our part. Let’s cherish the time we have with our children and spend time with them. Our children and grandchildren are the only light that we can send into a time and age that we will never see. Let’s prepare them for the journey!