Parenting is both wonderful and difficult. Many of us have seen first hand how bad children can be. But when one parent is not involved, children get worse. Today I watched as my niece made better choices of watching good quality television, however, when left to her own devices, she quickly got drawn into poor television. When I directed her to better tv programs, she watched and enjoyed.

This shows our own human nature. The junk in the world will draw us in if we are not careful. As children we are taught and trained by our parents in the 'way we should go' so when we are on our own we will not fall into the traps of this world. When children are not taught and trained by their parents, they will go their own way and fall into anything that comes their way. As parents, we need to train our children in the way they should go. If we fail to do this then our children will pay the price for our mistakes.

Proverbs 22:6 Direct your children onto the right path, and when they are older, they will not leave it.