Mother

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• Mothers Day A time to remember our mothers
  importance

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Importance of Motherhood

• Motherhood does not have the same meaning as in
  the past.
• 1970 53 - motherhood is important
• 1983 26 - motherhood is important
• 2000 20 - motherhood is important
• Mothers are primary caregivers
• The Bible gives some keys to Successful Momming

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Train up your child

• Proverbs 226 - Train up a child in the way he
  should go, And when he is old he will not depart
  from it.
• Popular verse often quoted often
  misunderstood
• Mothers worry about how their children are being
  raised

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Usual Interpretation

• Take them to SS, church, VBS
• Teach them songs Jesus Loves Me
• Say prayers at meals and bedtime
• Send them to church camp, youth rallies,
  Christian College
• They will turn out to be strong faithful
  Christians and never stray

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Usual Interpretation

• However - - -
• We know that it does not always work out that way
• Some children with all the right upbringing leave
  the church
• Some children with wrong training become strong
  Christians
• Parents question this passage

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Usual Interpretation

• Train your child in the manner befitting the
  child
• Literally in accordance with his way
• Use words, concepts, the child can understand
• Give rules, set punishments the child can
  comprehend

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Usual Interpretation

• Each child is different
• Different personality
• Learns, behaves, understands in different ways
• Different punishments work with different
  children
• They differ in traits, characteristics, mood,
  mannerisms, and reactions

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Childrens Bents

• Children have bents traits, personalities,
  reactions
• Groom the good bents
• Cultivate the skills and abilities of each child
• Soccer, flute, piano, art, karate
• Dont try to have them fulfill your fantasy
  football star, beauty queen

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Childrens Bents

• Oppose the bad bents
• There are many influences on your children
  school, friends, TV
• They will pick up bad words, habits, ideas
• Parents control what you can
• Seek to discourage the negative influence

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When he is oldhe will not depart

• This verse is not encouraging the sowing of wild
  oats and then repent late in life
• This may work out sometimes
• Not always
• Not even usually
• You can not count on repenting at the 11th hour
  you might die at 1030!

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When he is oldhe will not depart

• James Dobson survey of 853 parents of
  rebellious children
• 53 now accept parents values
• 32 accept some of parents values
• 15 still reject parents values
• This verse says the properly trained child should
  stick to the course.

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Successful Momming

• God has placed great responsibility on mothers
  and fathers
• Our challenge is to use all the skill we have to
  instill a set of values in our children
• Values taught in a way befitting the child will
  stick with them