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The first destroyers of their own children are those who neglect them and knowingly permit them to grow up without the training and admonition of the Lord.

We cannot change our children’s hearts, but if they go through life never having to complete an unpleasant assignment or yield to the leadership of an authority, we’re foolish to think we’ve prepared them to yield to God.

SOOO GOOD.

“Your children will know that your directives are important when you interrupt everything else in order to enforce them. If you’re going to show that your word is important, you must interrupt what you’re doing to enforce your word, to correct your child, and show that your words have value.”

“Failure to practice correction can lead the child to distrust you. If our no doesn’t mean no, then the word is not only pointless—it’s a lie.”