Two Signs You Might Be a Bad Parent

When you want to adopt, you give up all your privacy.  Government agency look into every nook and cranny of your life.  They know if you have been naughty or nice, and usually deny you a child if you've been naughty (rightfully so).  For the most part, you really have to want to be a parent to push through the paperwork, intrusions, and red tape.  I have often wondered what would happen if every person had to go through this kind of screening before they were allowed to have any children.

Have you ever wondered how your parenting skills rate?  While there may be room for improvement in our parenting technique, we are probably not as bad as we imagine.  Remember to love your children, pray for them, and teach them to follow the Lord. Here are two video clips that demonstrate parental failure.  If you have done something similar to this, repent.


Crazy Parents Let Baby Wrestle Cobra - Watch more Funny Videos


Two-Year Old Toddler Smokes Cigarettes - Watch more Funny Videos

Moral: never let your child wrestle with a venomous snake and never let your 2 year old smoke.  It's just bad. 

Praying for Our Children

Jon Bloom has an article entitled, "Texts to Pray for Our Children," on the Desiring God blog. It is a helpful guide concerning how to pray for our children. It takes the practice of praying the Scriptures and presents a helpful guide for parents.

Parenting Resources

I just read an important article by Dr. Russell Moore, The Eschatology of Parenting. The article stresses the importance of disciplining children. Another helpful resource for parenting is Shepherding a Child's Heart by Tedd Tripp. Both sources remind us that a parent's goal should not be on behavior modification, but on change of heart. We must not forget the fallenness of humanity as we rear our children, nor should we forget the role of grace. As Dr. Moore reminds us, the goal of discipline is to prepare the heart for the gospel. If the Lord disciplines the ones he loves, what does it say about us if we don't discipline our children?