http://mamaarcher.com/2007/08/23/train-up-a-child-3/ a reformed mama raising many arrows Sun, 14 Aug 2011 19:58:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://mamaarcher.com/2007/08/23/train-up-a-child-3/comment-page-1/#comment-516 MamaArcher Fri, 24 Aug 2007 13:46:00 +0000 http://mamaarcher.com/?p=208#comment-516 Stephanie~ you last sentence was point exactly! Stephanie~ you last sentence was point exactly!

]]> http://mamaarcher.com/2007/08/23/train-up-a-child-3/comment-page-1/#comment-515 Stephanie Fri, 24 Aug 2007 04:46:00 +0000 http://mamaarcher.com/?p=208#comment-515 I couldn't agree more. We saw that every day in the youth ministry, and eventually realized that we were inadvertantly contributing in some way to the problem by taking on the responsibility of spiritual teaching that should have primarily belonged to the parents/father. Not that there's anything wrong with parents entrusting their childrens' training in small part to other trusted people, but when they abdicate their role... I couldn’t agree more. We saw that every day in the youth ministry, and eventually realized that we were inadvertantly contributing in some way to the problem by taking on the responsibility of spiritual teaching that should have primarily belonged to the parents/father. Not that there’s anything wrong with parents entrusting their childrens’ training in small part to other trusted people, but when they abdicate their role…

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