CHALLENGES OF RAISING GODLY CHILDREN

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CHALLENGES OF RAISING GODLY CHILDREN 

We understand that it’s a tough challenge to raise a Godly child in our ungodly society today. Parents must be careful because the obvious truth is that if parents fail to teach their children the right values of life, then the society will teach them the opposite. Though most parents spend less time with their children because they are working very hard to balance the financial aspect of the family, they shouldn’t get carried away or forget the most important task, their children, whom they are laboring for. 

Below are some summaries;

(1) Time Factor: this is one of the biggest challenges in today’s parenting because both parents are working, and some parents already get home tired/stressed in the late hours when the children are already sleeping. Some dads work so hard that most times, they only see their children once a week or few times a month and thus giving the moms the hardest task of parenting, working, and handling household chores. 

(2) Fundamental Moral Values Decreases: most children today are taking abase by the society and making it difficult for them to differentiate between what is right or what is wrong. Most parents are already stocked in managing so much in a time-pressed schedule and finding time to teach the children the fundamentals moral values are decreasing, due to time factor, some parents allow some strangers to take care of their children while they’re at work without knowing the type of moral values these strangers impact on their children. 

(3) The smartphone (media technology): A lot of children today uses smartphone with internet connection and some parents does not monitor what these children are watching or reading on the internet. If the parents fail to keep close eyes 👀 on activities of the children, they might be watching/reading inappropriate content which may harm his/her development, remember everything are available on the internet today.

(4) Unbalanced Couples: The children suffers most when both parents are having some differences, some parents failing apart because they does not have time for themselves which makes them lost the true essence of life. Parents are doing everything to earn more money and in return they forgot the comfort, peace and happiness of family. When such things happens between parents and the children find themselves alone...,lacking the support of their parents, sometimes makes the children to feel inferior, intimidated. Some children are harassed, abused, molest/raped or used by these strangers and these children will not open up to the parents, because they lack confidence/communication. Sometimes, what these strangers does to the children in the absence of the parents is humiliating, yes, career is very important but ignoring children and other responsibilities cannot lead to a fulfilling life. 

(5) There Are No Trust And Understanding: When parents are close to the children, there are some excellent and emotional bonds between them. But it starts to depreciate when the parents are always away for work. Once children lack these bonds, it will be difficult for them to open up to their parents instead they will prefer to seek advice from strangers or partners in crime of these strangers and in return (strangers and their partners) are birds of the same feathers. As part of these, the children feel lonely, emotional wreck, to get the openness/sincerity of your children, parents must attached to them which will give them confidence to ask questions and communicate their needs.

(6) Deficiency In Nutritions: Yes, the parents are working so hard and earning more with the knowledge of good nutrition but most children today suffer from mal nutrition. Some parents prefer to give these children junk food rather than cooking themselves, due to time factor. The heavy use of chemicals and pesticides have deteriorated the nutritional value of the food. Some children, these days suffer from an increasing number of diseases and are seen to have weak immunity.

(7) Gadget usage is increasing: This is another big challenge for the parents because today’s children are always glued to their gadgets playing games. This generation doesn’t play outside like their 90’s counterparts, and these gadgets seem to have physical damage on their eyes sight. Most children today are becoming obese or overweight because they lack physical playing and stopping children from the screen exposures will help them regain their physical strength/balance and mental development.

(8) Peers Pressure: Over the years the peers seems to have impact on the development of their fellow children. Some peers become judgmental and in doing so putting pressure on their fellow children. You can be judged for not speaking well, intelligent, dressing and sometimes the affected children become shy and unable to socialize and it becomes tough for him/she to make friends. Things gets worse when the peers start bullying, mocking and isolated and when these becomes part of the children, it’s become difficult for the parents to handle. Parenting these days are getting tougher because there are so many issues to address, once the children start schooling, raging from fighting, aggression and making fun by their peers. 

(9) The Study Pressure: Most children today attend many lessons, most are involved in after school tutoring to help them better their mates/peers, in return it put the child in more pressure. Some children spend roughly 10 hours a day studying and it also affects the parents who will be helping them to revise the things they were taught. Taking and bringing them back from school and later the extra lessons are becoming increasingly difficult for the parents, which also add some financial burden to the parents. It’s true the  entire study system has evolved over time and to become competitive, children have to study and get the right results to survive the cutoff mark.

(10) Child Abuse Protection: Majority of today’s children are victims of sexual and physical abuse. The changing complexities of life have exposed children to different challenges like rape, harassment, gaslighting and murder which are alarming increasingly. Keeping a constant check on the children are vital for the parents even when they are playing with their mates, try to know their friends parents because it will help to protect and supervise them at every step. Making sure their friends parents have a positive attitude towards your children, because some people can be cruel especially when money is involved. The girls child needs extra protection and it’s not advisable sending them away without proper investigation and allowing them to go and play with the neighbors are no longer safe. Guarding the young girl against your male servant like gateman, driver, cook and some so called friends/family. The moral of the society is increasingly fading and it’s scary when you read about the dirty things happening to children.

The responsibilities of the parents have increased because they must protect their children from the media, technology, strangers since they are all threats for the child. To achieve the healthy upbringing of the children, parents must focus on or maintaining a constant watchdog on the children. Seriously, bringing up Godly children have been much more difficult for parents as well as children because these factors have raised the parenting stress manifold, and a lot of parents feel constant burnout due to the above-mentioned challenges.

Thanks so much for taking time to read, we will be discussing about the rights of children in our next post, please subscribe to receive a notification when posted. 

Peace ☮️ out.