http://www.spiritualtramp.com/blog/2006/10/pushing-your-kids/ Musings on Christianity Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.spiritualtramp.com/blog/2006/10/pushing-your-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-591 Kansas Bob Sun, 12 Nov 2006 16:28:11 +0000 http://www.spiritualtramp.com/blog/?p=282#comment-591 Expectations for our children are good for some things but not others. When I think about ... Train up a child in the way he should go, Even when he is old he will not depart from it. (Proverbs 22:6) ... I think about praying for the wisdom to know 'the way they should go'. I think this is the artistry of parenthood ... knowing your child well enough to know how God has wired them ... what He has put inside of them. Sometimes it is want we want but often it is different because they are uniquely different. Expectations for our children are good for some things but not others. When I think about …
Train up a child in the way he should go, Even when he is old he will not depart from it. (Proverbs 22:6)
… I think about praying for the wisdom to know ‘the way they should go’. I think this is the artistry of parenthood … knowing your child well enough to know how God has wired them … what He has put inside of them. Sometimes it is want we want but often it is different because they are uniquely different.

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