Parents should be intentional in giving close observation and concern to their kids while they grow because this is what God expects them to do. Parents should go beyond just saying "I love you" and "I care about you" to their children; they should also show it physically. How a parent acts towards a growing child goes a long way when they are all grown up.
Simple activities like eating together as a family create room for bonding and communication between one another. But sadly, today we see children eating at fast food chains by themselves as a regular routine, while their parents eat somewhere else, which is not how a family should behave.
I am always happy when we travel home to meet with our extended family. I always feel unhappy when it's time for us to return to our house. We do almost everything together, starting from eating, going to the farm, fetching water, and other activities. It causes a form of bond within ourselves. And that is how family is supposed to be.
Some parents are so busy with work and other activities that they don't even have quality time with their children. Some children and their parents are only bonded by blood but lack that parent-child relationship. As much as a child has basic needs like food, clothing, shelter, education, and so on, a child equally needs his or her parents.
Most times, aside from the allowances, expensive clothing and shoes, and other material things in life, what a child actually needs the most is the attention of the parent. Providing a child with expensive things but being unable to provide attention, care, and affection for the child would cause a void in their life.
Parents owe it to their children to be there for them and give them attention. A child would not become depressed if these things were in place, and even if the child happens to go through depression, care and attention from the parents can go a long way toward relieving the child from such a state.
When the child begins to approach the age of sixteen, the parent should try to introduce to the child the word of God in the Bible. Inculcating the word of God in a child at an early stage would be of great help to the child when he or she is fully grown and mature.
By doing so, it'll help the child know that life is a beautiful thing and it is worth living if only we understand the proposition of God. No circumstance is worth taking a person's joy. God bless you all!
Amazing review.
I really learnt a lot
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God bless you too queen