Only Jesus can fix this broken generation.
In my household, it never fails that every birthday wish
list and Christmas wish list contains a request for some type of technology
from my kids. If it’s not a cell phone, it’s an iPad or iPod or some type of
techy gadget. With every request they get a lecture regarding their desire for
a cell phone. Until they can afford their own monthly phone bill or until they
are emotionally mature and responsible, there is absolutely no need for it.
I remind them constantly of their peers who are just
emotionally unstable, have low
self-esteem, no people skills, bad body language, lack of proper etiquette
and overall negative behavior as a
result of being glued to a phone screen.
WWW on the internet stands for World Wide Web and when we
hand a child a cell phone that allows the Whole Wide World into the palm of
their hands. Their innocent hands and minds are corrupted and they get easily
influenced through social media, through texting, through non-filtered opinions
of others.
This generation is much smarter (I will give them that. LOL)
and they get easily bored and they are just growing up way too fast. We live in
a time where it’s all about instant gratification. They don’t want to work
hard, they want to see the fruit of their labor right now. They are a
generation born with entitlement. You have kids who tell their parents what
to do, what they need to get them. They demand things of their parents and
parents provide it openly for the fear of alienation or retaliation.
Where is God in all this?
The bible says don’t withhold discipline from your children.
Do not spare the rod, there is a thick line between discipline and abuse. As a
parent you shape them into proper adults from their infancy. You are
responsible for their well being physically, mentally and most of all
spiritually. They learn and develop character from the home. They learn the value
of a penny and what hard work is from the home. They learn how to treat others and
how they view themselves from the home.
Parents are quick to put blame off on others when their kids
mess up but are not taking preventative steps to avoid trouble down the road
from a young age. It is my love for my kids that I do not allow them to be
easily influenced by things of this world. We are sheltering them until they
are of age where they can decipher for themselves what’s truly good and what is
not. We are the driving force behind our children’s journey. In order to ensure
they reach their destination, we ought to think twice about what we give them
access to.
If you love your kids fill them with things of the light,
walk with them, enjoy them before they grow up too soon and don’t want to spend
time with you. There are a million things they could be doing instead of
staring at a phone screen. Instead of giving them face time with friends, give
them face time with God! You reap what you sow into your children’s lives.
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