By the end of July, my son Johnathan finishes his university life while my daughter, Audelia begins hers from first of August. In a few months time, Johnathan would journey on to the next stage - that is working life.
As parents our role is to prepare our children, when they grow up to leave us as independent, emotionally resilient beings with a strong moral and social compass.
Being loving and kind while setting clear behavioral boundaries and consequences, positive and negative.
Proverbs 22:6 "Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it."
Ephesians 6:4 "Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord."
Faithfulness is God's requirement; fruitfulness is His reward.