UPBRINGING IS FOUNDATON

 


The upbringing and foundation of a person in their family has an impact, influence and bearing on their adulthood in their communities, workplaces, business places, interpersonal relations, relationships and marriages. The foundation of a child should be carefully, strategically and lovingly laid with all patience and perseverance. Most parents and guardians lack appropriate knowledge and skills for this important task. Many bear children without (this) adequate preparation and hence leave children to grow carelessly, unguided, and without mentorship, coaching, appropriate training and education. The upbringing and foundation life of a person is as important as (even more important than) a foundation of a house.

“Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like: He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.” (Luke 6:47-48)

 

“Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.” (Matthew 7:24-25)

 

Wise parents and guardians lay strong foundations in their family members upon right principles of human development. Parents and guardians need to be educated and trained for this very important role of raising good persons for their societies and nations.

“And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow; And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth: And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away. And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them: But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.” (Matthew 13:3-9)

 

Every child that is born started like a seed that needed to be hidden from the outside environment. Every seed of any crop should be buried underground, nurtured and watered until it germinates, grows strong roots downwards into the soil for a strong anchor and also grow upwards until it shoots out of the soil. By the time it is exposed to the atmosphere, it will have grown roots and anchored itself into the ground such that it shall resist floods, rains, sun scorch and similar dangers. Similarly, just like a seed has to be buried and later gradually exposed to the atmosphere, so should children be slowly exposed to certain things, slowly have their responsibilities increased, and slowly have their freedoms increased due to a growing sense of responsibility and maturity. These principles should be learnt by parents and guardians. Children should not be exposed to certain things, information and risky situations until they grow roots in knowledge, wisdom, maturity, skills and stature necessary for wellbeing, life and survival.

Children should be highly valued as an inheritance of the Almighty. Some bear children and leave them without the care, support, protection, education and training that they need.

The Almighty has given parents and guardians the responsibility of raising children properly so that they may be good leaders, fathers, mothers, husbands, wives and service providers in their communities. Many parents and guardians are taking this mission lightly and are failing this serious, noble task. Hence, there is high moral degradation, there are high infant mortality rates, high rates of criminal activities, alcoholism and drug abuse/addiction, high incidences of violence, high rates of teenage pregnancies and high incidences of mental illnesses.

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