Parenting

What did Fr Alan said about parenting?

Fr Alan said if parents do not discipline their children, their children would grow up and discipline their parents. They will climb on to the heads of their parents and pull their hair.

What does Fr Alan mean about good parenting?

I have seen children doing what they want, shouting at their parents, being rude to their parents and other adults, and in front of these, the parents are unable to do anything or not wanting to do anything about their children's bad behaviour. 

Some parents are so confused that they feel they cannot discipline their children or unable to discipline their children.

So, what does Fr Alan mean by discipline. For Fr Alan discipline means to correct the children.

Children will be children and they will always push the boundaries and the parents have to "draw" very clear boundaries, so the children will not over step these boundaries.

In my humble opinion, many parents are so insecure and always wanting approval from their children and they have forgotten these children are God's children, and they have been given the job to look after these children and it is their duty to bring up the children to be God fearing and steep in Christian values.

So, I think parents should learn to be parents and children be children, and parents should correct their children when the children are in error.

Fr Alan would not approve of parents hitting their children. Discipline for Fr Alan would be parents calling their children to order and explaining to the errors of their ways.

Let us pray for all parents and may God give them the grace to be good parents to bring up their children to be God fearing with good Christian values.

Amen.