As I was getting ready for work a couple of days ago I overheard a
portion of the news, where the question was being asked if parents are creating
narcissists by praising their children for everything and telling them that
they are deserving of certain things. The report continued to say that parents
who do so are creating children who will not accept "no" for an
answer and will not be able to manage well in the real world.
I do hear what they are
saying, but I also think about those children who can never do anything good
enough in the eyes of their parents, those who are told that they do not
deserve a better life and that they are inferior to another sibling. What or
who are we creating? Are we creating
children who have low self-esteem, not willing to try at anything because they
already feel that they will fail?
Unfortunately I tend to see things according to the word of God. I
believe that we should encourage and commend our children whenever they make an
effort at doing something. I do believe that they should know that they are
“fearfully and wonderfully made”. I do
believe that I should let them know that they are “above” and not “beneath”,
that they are the “head” and not the tail”. I do want them to understand that
what is within them is greater than what is in the world. I want them to know
that it is not by might or by power that they do these things, but by the
Spirit of the Lord. I do believe that God’s children are already victorious
because Jesus Christ has already overcome the world.
Who or what are we developing when we do this? I believe we are
developing men and women who know exactly who they are in Christ Jesus and who
will conduct themselves in a way pleasing to God. I believe we are developing
children who will make a positive difference in the world, Children who will
not be followers, but instead leaders. Children who will not be looking for
love in the wrong places; children who will not need a gun to make them strong
or important, but will use the word of God as their sword.
In His Service,
Vilma
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