Responsibility

As parents, we occupy a throne in the sense that God has given us a position of authority in our kids’ lives. It’s crucial that we don’t renounce that influence. 

Children don’t need us to be their friend – someone telling them what they want to hear. They need a parent – an authority figure willing to speak truth into their lives.

We should, of course, listen to our children and give their views careful consideration, but our kids should not be allowed to run the home. That’s our God-given responsibility. 

Yea, even when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not, Until I have declared thy strength unto the next generation, Thy might to every one that is to come.

http://bible.com/12/psa.71.18.asv