Parents must act as the moral and ethical voice to guide the energies and aspirations of youth, yet many seem hesitant to correct their children. Failing to provide direction can doom young people to lifetimes of grief and ruin, underscoring the urgent need for active parental guidance.

Of the various approaches to discipline, spanking is really the only method endorsed by the Bible. Properly administered, spanking smarts but leaves no bruises.

Because of our upside down emphasis on the youth culture and its characteristic selfishness or self-centeredness, the family is crumbling and deteriorating.

Realizing that parental authority must be used with godly love, the prompt discipline we mete out should be fair and appropriate.

The mother provides a gentle, cherishing quality to child rearing compatible with the strength provided by her husband.

Patriarchy is family organization with the father having ultimate authority. The husband's role, grounded in love, must not be abusive or domineering.

Artificial intelligence devices interact with children, filling the gap left by near-absentee parents. We must be aware of the potential abuse of AI.

If we do not train our children, someone else will—namely the leftist educational system currently teaching Satan's lies, destroying the family.

Self-appointed experts insist that rapid technological change requires a transfer of influence over children from 'ill-prepared' parents to 'Those Who Know Better.'

Many misguided parents place their children on pedestals, virtually worshipping them, catering to every whim, fearing to offend them, failing to rein them in.

Every new teen fashion, music, movie, and television trend is marketed and sold. Our kids are being manipulated to absorb and reflect a deviant culture.

When we were single, we had all the answers to the art of parenting, but actual practice humbles us as to how ill-equipped we are for this task.

The demands of life leave most adults gasping for breath and struggling to shoulder the load. But what effect is this pace having on the next generation?

Should we teach our children or should we allow the church to do that? Do youth programs have a positive impact? Do they keep youth them in the church?

American society is cursed because the family, its most important component, is dysfunctional. It is impossible to raise families without God.

While God expects parents to cultivate sound-mindedness, balance, and self-control in our children, Satan has been shaping young minds his own way.

Nascent socialism is seen in the attitudes toward private property. Many have a nagging feeling that they do not control anything, even what they supposedly own.

If parents are not gatekeepers of their children's culture, other philosophies will capture their attention and warp their perception of reality.

Most families in God's church have a functional father, but even so, extremes of leniency and overbearing strictness do not make an ideal father.

How can there be such a high attrition rate among the younger generation? How could 84 percent so easily give up the doctrines that they ostensibly believed?

We cannot instill sound-mindedness in our offspring unless we are personally filled with the fruits of God's Holy Spirit, modeling these for our children.

Good skills and habits learned as children will ensure success in later life. Our characteristics (good or bad) we find reflected in our children.

If the past is good, the present can't hurt you, and if the past is bad, it will haunt you. In Wordsworth's words, 'The child is the father of the man.'

Neither permissiveness nor harshness are endorsed by God; sound-mindedness in child-rearing requires control and measured justice while avoiding extremes.

The fifth commandment stands at the head of the second tablet of the Decalogue, which governs our human relationships. It is critical for family and society.

Parents are obligated to teach God's laws to their children. According to Emily Post, good manners are to the family what good morals are to society.

Perhaps the main impediment to overcoming is our innate selfishness. Our goal is to bear the character of our God, whose primary characteristic outgoing concern.

The fifth commandment begins the section of six commands regarding our relationships with other people. Children should learn proper respect in the family.

If we, as Christian parents, could shape and mold the minds of our children early, we could inoculate them against making the same mistakes that we did.

For too many youths, God's way of life is not real because their parents are not fully convicted, but merely express a lukewarm preference for God's truth.

We often take our children's toys for granted, but they are tools that can teach either right or wrong. Here are guidelines for choosing appropriate toys.

Godly training forewarns a child of danger or faults in human nature. The Scriptures do not contain many examples of exemplary child rearing.

Self-will must be extirpated from our children; God's will must take its place. Childrearing must begin at the start of a child's formative life.

The family problems predicted for the end times in II Timothy stem from faulty childrearing practices. We must help prepare our children for the Kingdom.

What is the connection between keeping the fifth commandment—honoring parents—and enjoying a long, fulfilling, productive life on earth?

Honor of parents is the basis for good government. The family provides the venue for someone to learn to make sacrifices and be part of a community.

If we would keep God's Feasts properly, we would be in sync with God's noble purpose for us, defending us from falling into apostasy and idolatry.

The most dramatic growth in the brain occurs between age 3 and age 12, at which time 1000 trillion synaptic connections turn the child into a knowledge sponge.

The rash of school shootings in America definitely has a cause, but it is not the ones that the experts predictably blame on the evening news.

We must not leave child rearing to chance, but ought to bend the tender twigs entrusted to us toward God's purpose, training our children in righteousness.

The contains a detailed record of both good and bad leaders, and it provides a repetitive principle that 'as go the leadership, so goes the nation.'

The family is under savage attack, with more and more children born out of wedlock. With the destruction of the family, we are witnessing the death of the U.S.

Young people in the church must realize that they are not invincible. Not only is God's law no respecter of persons, but also sanctification can be lost.

God tells us that a good man leaves an inheritance for his children's children. What kind of legacy will we leave our descendants?

Bible study provides a personal means of attaining the mind of God, growing in the grace and knowledge of Jesus Christ.

Training a child to be industrious helps him to be successful, which in turn promotes a stable family, community, nation and will transfer into God's Kingdom.

God ordained marriage and the family for the physical and spiritual growth and nurturing of children. God's goal is a Family composed of mature spirit beings.

Children who learn to obey their parents (and by extension, the laws of God and society) save themselves from untold grief later in life.

Parents need to teach their children to consider the long-range consequences of current behaviors, chastening and disciplining them while there is hope.

A major factor of the snowflake syndrome is the self-esteem movement, which has brainwashed young people into thinking they were unique and special.

The demise of society is caused by the lack of leadership within the family. The breakdown of society derives from the breakdown and of the family.

Solomon teaches that childhood and youth are vanity, and that having fun while forgetting God may create flawed character and permanent sorrow.

Expectation of reward, fear of disadvantage, and charisma all constitute the chemistry of government and childrearing, but require the right proportion.

We cannot turn the teaching of our children over to others, but instead must train and educate them to become productive citizens in the Kingdom of God.

While many people like some of God's laws, they like to pick and choose, preferring a blend of their own preferences with some of God's laws added in.

The Bible has a great deal to say about honor and whom we should honor. Here are some difficult but necessary lesson in honor.

The fleeting time of youth is a time of strength, exploration, and boundless opportunities, offering the freedom to try new things as well as make mistakes.

Some leftists have created 112 genders. This bizarre gender madness is a symptom of what was formerly known as craziness — simply being out of one's mind.

Cohabitation has led to increased divorce, marital violence, and lack of fidelity after marriage. Mass media has shamelessly used sex to promote materialism.

Children do not initiate love but reflect it. If a child does not receive a convincing demonstration of this love, he will not become a conductor of love.

God does not like to inflict punishment on people, but because of sin, He is obligated to correct. But as quickly as God punishes, God restores and heals.

We must be able to separate genuine guilt, which is the spiritual equivalent of pain, from false guilt when we call into question God's forgiveness.

As parents, we can protect our children from death and destruction if we discourage the self-absorptive pulls through correction and discipline.

Young people are responsible for the spiritual knowledge that they have learned from their parents, as well as the custodianship of spiritual blessings.

Millennials are changing the face of the nation, transforming society on both public and private matters and rejecting Christianity for humanist values.

Our ability to see the specks in others' eyes may indicate spiritual deficiencies in ourselves, as we project our own sins onto others.

Many fathers abdicate their leadership responsibilities, becoming addicted to workaholism, television, or even pornography. The culture teeters on destruction

Exposure to more than two hours per day on digital screens lowers scores on thinking and language tests. We must not abandon our children to smartphones.

The entitlement attitude has crept into God's church, with people seemingly feeling they should be served instead of eagerly serving others.

Masculine leadership is demonstrated by men who embrace God's commandments, love and protect their wives, and instill a love of God's truth in their children.