A Parents Job

We can all agree whether you are a parent, want to be a parent, or have parents, parenting is tough. We can all agree whether you are a parent, want to be a parent, or have parents, parenting is tough. It is hard-work with no guarantees. It doesn’t come with a manual attached or a one-size-fits-all approach. It is overwhelming.

If your like most parents, you think your doing an okay job based on your own standards. You look at other parents and the way they parent and you know your doing a better job then they are. You work hard to provide you children with the best possible life. Your committed to giving them everything you had growing up and more. You want them to feel loved, be safe, have good friends, be well educated, and plugged into church somewhere.

The invisible problem that has hampered our children is that we have taken Gods standards out of our homes and have built our family on what American says is significant as parents and your child’s well-being. We have replaced God with ourselves. As a result we have diminished our children’s potential.

So what is the parent’s primary role in the lives of their children?

A parent’s primary job is to gradually transfer dependence away from them until it rests solely on God.

Mom and Dad, it is your responsibility to transfer dependence. Overtime it you’re your job to teach you children how to depend on God in their lives. Depend on God with school, relationships, a career, sports, etc. Depend on God.

How are you transferring dependence for your child?