BIBLICAL PARENTING(USING WOMEN PERSPECTIVE)

DEFINITION OF TERMS

a.       Biblical- something that relates to or contained in the bible. In other words, it means something that is done or kept with the nature of the bible or being in accord with the bible.

b.      Parenting: Another word for parenting is child rearing which is the process of promoting and supporting the physical, emotional, social and intellectual development of a child from infancy to adulthood.

However, biblical parenting is training, teaching, nurturing and bringing up of a child in the way of God according to the word of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Without a Godly home, there would not be a Godly parent hence the need for Godly home consisting of a Christian home where parent are bound together in love with God fearing children.

“for I know him that  he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him” – Gen 18:19. Deut 6:6-7.

            It is the joint effort of both husband and wife to train and bring up their children in the way of the Lord. Their behavior goes a long way to affect their children personalities. Husband cannot afford to leave the training of children to his wife alone; likewise wife cannot afford to leave the training of their children to her husband. For the bible says that a child left to himself will bring nothing but shame and regret to his parents –Prov 29:15.

            However, mother has a vital role to play in bringing up their children in the way they should go for the bible says “train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old, he will not depart from it- Prov. 22:6.

She is the first contact, the first parent, she carried him in her womb for nine months after which she breastfed him in his early life. The mother’s image is the first that stamps itself on the unwritten page of the young child’s mind.  Oh! there is no other noble work than that of a Godly mother. Children do get trained solely by instruction, they learn by observing and imitating what they see adult do.  

            According to a Psychologist – John Locke “When a child is born, the child’s mind is like a blank slate” which depend solely on parents and other caregivers virtually for everything. In children first two months, they are already aware of the things happening around them, though it may not be obvious to people around, hence the words spoken and actions of the adults around them register on their blank slate, that is, their minds, which at this stage is highly impressionable. To Be Continued.

                                                                                                    Credits: Deaconness D. O. Ojobe