Biblical and Practical Thoughts on Parenting, Part 13: How to Love Your Children and Let Them Know It

“Most of us love our children, but that is not the issue.

The issue is: do your children feel loved?”

We love our children by:

1) “Getting down” on their level (note the example of Christ – Phil. 2:5-11).

2) Loving our mate (Eph. 5:25-33; Titus 2:4).

3) Disciplining them (Prov. 13:24; 17:10; 29:15).

4) Looking at them (Prov. 20:12).

5) Touching them (Eccl. 3:5).

6) Spending time with them (Deut. 6:7-9).

7) Listening to them (James 1:19).

8) Blessing them rather than cursing them (Matt. 7:12).

9) Having fun with them (Prov. 15:13; 17:22; Eccl. 3:4).

10) Nudging them out of the nest (Eccl. 3:6).

11) Admitting when you are wrong (James 5:16).

12) Introducing them to the perfect parent (John 1:12).

For more posts in this series, see here.