It's my job...

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

We have 3 kids...2 boys and 1 girl. It is a great reality each and every day that it is my job (or our job if we speak about K and I) to train our kids in the WAY they should go.

What should this cover though??? I was watching TV this week while I was travelling and I saw a brief excerpt from a US news show about 'prom'. I would not have cared but the bit I caught when I turned to that channel was a mother expressing her concern that her daughter would appear spoiled. So I watched further...you see Princess got $300 of hair and nails, was going to wear a $1600 dress, and mommy and daddy had arranged a party bus for her and 40 of her closest friends. SPOILED.......NO!

It is my job to ensure that my kids have a healthy respect for finances, for money. It is also my job to teach them to work, to study, to learn. Let's not stop there...Who will teach my boys to respect women, to be good winners, and good losers? Who will teach my daughter how she deserves to be treated?

It is not my job to always make my kids happy, or to give them everything that they think they want. It is to LOVE them, to love their mother. It is to discipline, coach, guide, shape, and form them to the best of my ability.

Simply...It is MY job!