April 25,2025

Parenting - Part 2

It's important to be cautious when taking advice from popular culture or even self-proclaimed experts on raising children. I once believed the idea that quality time was more important than quantity time but I've come to realize that's a misconception, even a lie.

Consider these biblical references:

Deuteronomy 6:6-7: "These commandments..teach them diligently to your children, talk of them when you sit in your house, walk by the way, lie down, and rise up." This suggests constant, intentional time imparting values.

Psalm 127:3-5: Children are a "heritage from the Lord," emphasizing their value and the responsibility to cherish them.

Yes, I cherished my daughter and worked very hard to make quality time for her, but I was also pulled in so many different directions, time was limited. If I would do it again I would drop the quality time and realize that as a mom I had a directive from the Lord, to spend time with my daughter.  

Don't misunderstand me.  

Spending quality time—listening, teaching, or playing—builds trust and conveys love more effectively than passive presence.   Most parents today 

allow their children to spend most of their time on phones and computers, or invertly the mom is on the phone while the kids are yearning and needing their attention.

Fifteen quality minutes with your child every night is not enough to train, set an example, and build a future man or woman, no matter what the experts say.

Be intentional and spend time with your children.  Raise the next generation of Godly men and women!