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Discipline without love is tyrannical and produces children who will grow up to be both hostile and afraid. Love without discipline is permissive and trains children to be selfish and obnoxious. But when unconditional love and consistent discipline are combined, they produce children who are emotionally healthy and well adjusted.
“Train a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not turn from it.”
— Proverbs 22:6 (NIV 1984)
Lord Jesus, parenting is relatively simple—love your children unconditionally, discipline them consistently, and train them in the nurture and admonition of the Lord—but it is not easy. Help me I pray. Amen.