| May I make a confession? I doubt that I could be a | | | | skilled motherliness or fatherliness. And if it is God |
| good parent in todays world. Perhaps its because I | | | | who has helped us before, we need His intervention |
| have lived long enough to see better times and | | | | as much now, if not more, than ever before. |
| places for raising kids. Perhaps its just because I no | | | | Because we are human, we will always need help in |
| longer have the energy to face the daunting | | | | being good parents. Being the product of inborn sin |
| challenges that parents face today. Whatever! | | | | doesnt help. Being raised by parents, who maybe |
| Bottom line is that parenting has NEVER in the history | | | | themselves didnt do a good job, hasnt helped either. |
| of mankind been more challenging than it is today. | | | | Breaking the chain of bad parenting will always be a |
| I suspect that most readers feel as I do: that when | | | | challenge! But if it is difficult to raise normal, ordinary |
| our children turn out to be good and emotionally | | | | kids, imagine how much more difficult it is to raise |
| healthy its more because of divine intervention than | | | | Åhard-tomanage kids. |