Parent and child relationships

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Protection and nurture

Christian love is sacrificial. As Jesus demonstrated this by dying on the cross, parents and children are called to make sacrifices for each other. Family is the first place where children can find out about love, companionship and forgiveness. Parents can set children a good example of how to live a Christian life.

Families can play an important role in the community. They can provide support for other families, care for the elderly, and adopt children. Responsibility towards elderly family members is especially important.

If anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for his immediate family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

1 Timothy 5:8

Parent and child relationships

Christianity teaches that children should treat their parents with honour and respect. They should consider their parents' wishes and be obedient.

Many Christians believe that children are a gift from God, and that parents have responsibilities towards them that include:

· caring for them properly

· teaching them how to live and to accept authority

· teaching them about God

· taking them to be baptised and promising to bring them up in a loving home

Children, obey your parents...Parents, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the instruction of the Lord.

Ephesians 6:1-4

Spiritual development

Christian parents play a significant role in the process of spiritual development of children. They have the opportunity to develop a Christian worldview in the child. This can be achieved in different ways. These include:

· teaching their children to pray

· taking their children to church

· sending their children to a church school or Sunday school

· encouraging their children to be baptised or confirmed

These commandments that I give you today are to be upon 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.

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