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A very real battle is taking place between good and evil today. Satan wants to convince our sons and daughters that his way leads to happiness and fun.
What are some of the lies he tells our children? That we as parents want to prevent them from having any fun and so we shouldn't have any authority over them. That to be popular, they need to think, talk and act as modern culture tells them to. That there's no need to worry about tomorrow—that they should go for all the pleasure they can get today. That illicit sex is fun and everybody is (or should be) doing it. That drugs and alcohol are a wonderful escape.
As we can see, Satan has been remarkably successful in his efforts.
To counteract this influence, parents must tell God's story to their children as soon as they are able to grasp it. This is done by parents exposing their children to the Scriptures, sharing what God has done in their own lives and helping each child connect to God's love and His plan.
Each child is unique
Each child is a unique individual. As such, he or she will naturally express different talents, gifts, fears and desires. The challenge of a parent is to meet each child at his or her point of need and interest. We should help them connect to God in the context of their individual emotional and intellectual makeup—not simply according to how everything is filtered through our lives as parents.
In embracing the way of God, a child will have to identify this way with his or her own personal circumstances and thinking. Our educational efforts as parents have to be tailored to the individual child. Parents should ask God in prayer to help them see the ways that they can make His existence and truth relevant to their children.
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