Ways To (wrongly) Provoke Our Children
15 02 2011Ephesians 6:4 “And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.”
Colossians 3:21 “Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.”
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1. Discipline your child with (or out of) anger.
2. Scold your children publicly with sarcasm and mockery.
3. Compare our children with other children.
4. Deliberately embarrass our children in public.
5. Creat double standards that make it hard for children to know what to follow or do.
6. Inspect what you haven’t given an expectation for.
7. Never admit your wrong or ask their forgiveness for wrong doing.
8. Promise things but not fulfill them.
9. Require things that are beyond their physical or mental abilities.
10. Give them regular critique and seldom share praise.