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Ephesians 6:4.

"And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord."

God holds parents responsible for the upbringing of children - not grandparents, not schools, not the state, not youth groups, not peers and friends. Although each of these groups may influence children, the final duty rests with prents, and particularly with the father, whom God has appointed "head" to lead and serve the family. Two things are necessary for the proper teaching of children: a right attitude and a right foundation. An atmosphere reeking with destructive criticism, condemnation, unrealistic expectations, sarcasm, intimidation, and fear will "provoke a child to wrath." In such an atmosphere, no sound teaching can take place. The positive alternative would be an atmosphere rich in encouragement, tenderness, patience, listening, affection, and love. In such an atmosphere parents can build into the lives of their children the precious foundation of knowledge God (Proverbs 22:6 - "Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.")

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