Parenting and the Teacher

Whether it's the school teacher, the tuition teacher or the Sunday School teacher, at the end of the day, our children have only us as their parents. No more, and no less. Therefore, while the temptation to abdicate our responsibility to spend time, build character or administer discipline on our children is great, we must remember that the teaching folks are only effective if they complement what we as parents have done and NOT compensate what we as parents have not done. I'll always remember what Pastor Eddie, the Principal of the famed Children's Church at FGA told me. "When parents complain to me about how naughty their children are, I always ask them this question: Have you spent time praying and reading the bible with your children lately?" More often than not, the answer is "no." Sad to say, we tend to think that teachers can do what we have not done enough for our children.