Child Rearing Tips for Success Today
Child rearing is not about having good kids, rearing Christian kids or good citizens; it's about rearing good Christian PARENTS who are good citizens. Elbert Hardy
Train up your child to love and honor his parents, even when they get old and gray.
(See Proverbs 22:6) When your kids get old, they will remember what you taught them and hopefully, follow your lead in righteousness (which is love).
Proverbs 29:15 The rod and reproof give wisdom but a child left to himself brings his mother to shame.v. 17: Correct your son and he shall give you rest; yes, he shall give delight into your innermost being.
Since you love them, please correct them in time to keep them from acquiring destructive ways.
Teach them to choose their friends with caution, lest they follow the wrong path and smart for it for ever.