Children Are An Heritage

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. - Proverb 22:6

Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. - Proverb 22:15

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How To Raise A Brat

1. Begin from infancy to give your children everything they want. This way they will grow up believing that the world owes them a living.

2. When they pick up bad words, laugh at them. It will encourage them to pick up cuter phrases that will blow the top of your mind off later.

3. Never give them any spiritual training. Wait until they are 21 and let them decide for themselves.

4. Avoid the use of the word "WRONG". It may develop a guilt complex. This will condition them to believe later when they are arrested for stealing a car that society is against them and they are being persecuted.

5. Pick up anything they leave lying around - toys, books, shoes, clothing. Do everything for them so they will be experienced in throwing the responsibility onto others.

6. Let them read any printed matter they can get their hands on. Silverware and drinking glasses are sterilized, but let their minds feed on garbage.

7. Quarrel frequently in the presence of the children. Then they won't be too shocked when the home is broken up.

8. Give the children all the spending money they want. Never let them earn their own. Why should they have things as rough as you had them?

9. Satisfy their every craving for food, drink and comfort. See that every desire is gratified Denial may lead to harmful frustration.

10. Take their part against the neighbors, teachers and police. They are all prejudiced against your child.

11. When they get into real trouble, apologize for yourselves by saying, "I never could do anything with them."

12. Prepare for a life of grief because you are sure to have it.

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David, my next-door neighbor, has two young kids ages five and seven. One day he was teaching his seven-year-old son Kelly how to push the gas-powered lawn mower around the yard. As he was teaching him how to turn the mower around at the end of the lawn, his wife, Jan, called to him to ask a question. As David turned to answer the question, Kelly pushed the lawn mower right through the flower bed at the edge of the lawn - leaving a two-foot wide path leveled to the ground!

When David turned back around and saw what had happened, he began to lose control. David had put a lot of time and effort into making those flower beds the envy of the neighborhood. As he began to raise his voice to his son, Jan walked quickly over to him, put her hand on his shoulder and said, "David, please remember...we're raising children, not flowers!"

Jan reminded me how important it is as a parent to remember our priorities. Kids and their self-esteem are more important than any physical object they might break or destroy. The window pane shattered by a baseball, a lamp knocked over by a careless child, or a plate dropped in the kitchen are already broken. The flowers are already dead. I must remember not to add to the destruction by breaking a child's spirit and deadening his sense of liveliness.

Jack Canfield

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Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is His reward.
- Psalms 127:3



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