What Your Wife and Kids Need Most From You

"When I became a man, I put away childish things." Entering adulthood is certainly a time of change. We pray for our teenagers and give them counsel, correction and instruction. But are we willing to adjust with them?

How do we keep the joy of the Lord in our homes? The answer is: many things! Just as there may be many children, there are many ways we as parents can get to the root of the things that bother them. Envy, strife and comparing can be overcome when we affirm the uniqueness of each one.

• How Jesus matured in his youth
• Begin training before birth
• Establish a wise daily schedule
• Strengthen communication with the spirit of your child
• Define responsibilities in discipline
• Apply three aspects of correction

What does it mean to train up a child "in the way he should go"? What keeps a son or daughter from departing from the ways of righteousness? Whatever it takes would be worth it all! S. M.