Parenting is one of the most challenging and rewarding jobs one could ever dream of. Here we have these sweet little people to nurture and guide into adulthood, where they will hopefully and prayerfully contribute to society some positive ways. Easier said than done, right? And even though it can be a rocky road, it is also filled with so many opportunities to help change the world right in the comfort of your own home. That doesn't stress you out at all I'm sure. But just as easily, unfortunately, we can also place the parenting role too far down on the priority list and consequently rock the world clean off of its axis by repeatedly making poor parental choices and then allowing our unadvised, under disciplined, and ungrateful children to enter the outside world.Since becoming a parent about four years ago, I'm the first to admit that parenting is not for the faint of heart. I like to think that I've made some good choices here and there, but, of course, I've made mistakes too. And although all of us will indeed have bumps in the parenting road, it's important to pause and think about what type of children our parenting choices will yield. For instance, if you never intervene when your little one is relentlessly bossy to her friends, how might this affect her later? Or if I continue to allow my three year old to interrupt when I'm talking to her father, how might this behavior look when she has reached adolescence? In a world that tells us to cater to our children's desires, make them feel good at all costs, and never hurt their feelings, many parents live with a grave misconception that these ideals will somehow create successful adults. Allow author and mother, Tricia Goyer, to give you another perspective...
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