*EXCLUSIVE ROLES OF PARENTS IN CHILDREN UPBRINGING*
Parents have four major roles to play in the life of their children.
*1-* INSTRUCTIONAL ROLES.
*2-* REBUKE ROLES.
*3-* EXHORTATION ROLES
*4-* EDUCATIVE ROLES.
*INSTRUCTIONAL ROLES.*
We must instruct our children:
*To behave well in public.
*To rise up early each day.
*To pray first thing as they rise.
*To be the first to greet people.
*To clean up themselves properly.
*To clean their environment.
*To be early and timely to every daily tasks.
*To be orderly.
*To be respectful to people.
*To speak in decent language.
*To organise themselves.
*To plan their schedules.
*To have their daily timetable off hand.
*To comport themselves in quietness.
*To be articulate, reasonable and expectant.
*To ask questions when in doubt.
*To listen carefully with understanding.
*To act with decorum, courtesy and humility always.
*To defend the family name and image at all times.
*To obey elders, set rules and regulations.
*To pray before retiring to bed at night.
*REBUKE ROLES*.
We must rebuke our children:
*When they portray laziness.
*When they are prayerless.
*When they appear dirty.
*When they’re insolent.
*When they speak foul languages.
*When they speak improperly.
*When they sit carelessly.
*When they participate in unsolicited discussions.
*When they come late to appointments or tasks.
*When they talk back to elders in anger.
*When you notice pride in them.
*When they become spendthrift.
*When they eat irregularly.
*When they cannot control their appetite.
*When you notice ostentatious lifestyle in them.
*When they think about materialism always.
*When they unnecessarily compare themselves with others.
*When they speak abusively of other parents or elders or mates.
*When you notice the spirit of hatred in them.
*When they make hate speeches.
*When they complain always about others.
*When they move with suspicious characters.
*When they are not extolling learning.
*When they’re not proud of academic achievements.
*When they abuse their teachers at home.
*When they discredit their school.
*When they plan to revenge or retaliate against actions.
*When they refuse to obey constituted authority.
*When they fail to pray.
*EXHORTATION ROLES.*
Parents must Praise their children :
*When they do well in assignments and exams.
*When they are properly dressed.
*When they speak well in public.
*When they speak well of their institution and teachers.
*When they speak well of others.
*When their carriage is decent.
*When they express Godly values.
*When they always talk about excellence.
*When they spend less time watching TV.
*When they spend more time studying.
*When they spend less time talking.
*When they spend more time listening.
*When they spend right time praying.
*When they spend less time playing.
*When they know what to do.
*When they know what is right.
*When they refuse to do what is wrong.
*When their ambition is to be the best in good endeavours.
*When they speak of becoming Great People.
*When they take action that meets good vision.
*EDUCATIVE ROLES.*
Parents must Teach their children :
*How to live honest life.
*How to live amongst people.
*How to live in comfort with others.
*How to love and appreciate others.
*How to be fair to all concerned.
*How to love their teachers, school and those in authority over them.
*How to obey rules and regulations.
*How to live in dignity and self esteem.
*How to plan their future.
*How to raise Godly homes.
*How proper education answers to most of life’s challenges.
*How to escape from bad friendship.
*How to pick a career.
*How to develop their career.
*How to pass through life successfully by depending on God and not man.
*How to pass examinations without malpractice.
*How to be studious and build their brains.
*How to set academic standards for now and their future.
*How to flaunt Excellent Achievements and not Beauty.
*How to be Intellectual Celebrities.
*How to have a vision.
*That Godliness with contentment is great gain.
*How to love GOD and their neighbor.
*How to live in fear of GOD.
_*When we play these roles, our children by the grace of GOD will come out great and the parents will have a good old age and memorial.*
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