(photo from kmatau album, Webshots.com)Whatever the adult does, the children usually follow suit. It is the adult that is made as model by children. The children usually acquire his behavior through his environment, whatever he sees around doing by people around him he imitates it, copy and live by it. If the adult won’t bother to correct his child at an early stage, the child would be left to his wrongly acquired ways.
I’ve known a father who always brings along his five years old son to drinking spree with his friends, when asked why he takes his child with him, he retorted,” it is better to expose my child to bad ways so he would know early that it is bad.” Oh, I should say this is the thinking of an irresponsible father. If we take a look at the Bible it says:
Proverbs 29:17
Correct your son, and he shall give you rest; he shall give delight unto your soul.”
When the said child has grown to adolescent stage he chose to hang out with his winebibbers buddy within the neighborhood, his buddies were the notorious trouble maker and there was a time that he landed in prison cell. The poor mother has no way to correct her son, while the father is now old and suffering from lots of illnesses due to organ dysfunction.
Meanwhile, the eldest son was raised in his grandmother’s house with his uncle and aunt’s as his company. He grew up to be a respectable man, a hardworking guy and a model brother to his younger siblings. Needless to say, environment and the people who raised a child would have a great impact on the behavior of the child and his future. So the parents and guardians play a vital role in shaping up the destiny of the child.
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1 comments:
This is such a truth - that our children grow up to be what we are and do, not necessarily what we say. The older they get the more obvious it is. A sobering thought?
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