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Beyond Parental Neglect, by Paul Faulkner
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul
and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you
today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk
about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road,
when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your
hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes
of your houses and on your gates (Deuteronomy 6:5-9 TNIV).
Let's go back to stage one!
Consider for a moment this five stage pattern in the life of a violent
criminal:
1. His parents neglect and abandon the child in early home life.
2. As early as age five or six he hits his mother. He's difficult for
school officials to handle.
3. He joins a delinquent band by age fifteen and he's involved in
criminal behavior. Many of his peers are on drugs.
4. He commits a violent crime with a gang and purchases a gun.
5. His sixteen year old girlfriend is pregnant. A new child is born,
and our nation is in deeper trouble.
Let's go back to stage one -- parental neglect. Marriage is vital, and
parents must love and nurture their kids in a spiritual as well as
physical way. Kids can't teach kids! They need adults who care!
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(c) 2008 Paul Faulkner.
RELATED LINKS:
* The Ultimate Cop-out
http://www.heartlight.org/articles/200609/20060923_ultimatecopout.html
* Scream Free Parenting
http://www.heartlight.org/articles/200608/20060803_screamfree.html
* Rejected!
http://www.heartlight.org/articles/200003/20000321_rejected.html
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