Deborah Olubodede
Children are the nation’s, the church’s, the family’s, and society’s future.
The world will be a better place if these kids are given a nice, proper upbringing and are loved and cared for.
Children and Teens are young champions who are in their formative years and adolescence, usually under the age of 18, and who have not yet reached adulthood. They are seen as being weak. They need adult care, assistance, and protection.
Children possess a lot of great characteristics such as high level of curiosity, energy, highly inquisitive, and resilience. They need assistance for guidance, nurturing, and care from adults. Children also represent the future generation and are considered important for the continuity and development of society.
“𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝑪𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒐𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒘. “
Children require love, attention, guidance, and support from parents or caregivers to grow up healthy and happy.
Understanding and supporting children requires creating time for them in their daily lives and this helps you understand their struggles, strengths and interests.
Celebrating children’s success helps them develop a positive self image and encourages them to keep trying new things. Showing empathy as well, when they experience emotional trauma such as sadness, fear or frustration rather than dismissing their feelings, stand in for them and show them love. This would help to boost their 𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝 and it’s essential for their healthy growth and development.
It should also be taken into account about their biological, psychological, social, and emotional needs and also providing for them with appropriate care, guidance, and love.
The Bible teaches that children are a blessing from God and that parents have the utmost responsibility to care for them and raise them in love.
Also, the book of Proverbs 22:6, encourages parents to discipline their children, but to do it in a way that is loving and not punitive. To teach them the way of God and to teach them moral values.
Overall, parents have an essential role to play in their children’s lives, and their influence on their children can shape their future success and happiness, also their social development. Children are Change makers, they’ve got in them great potentials that are yet to be unleashed.
𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔, 𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒐𝒓, 𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒅𝒆, 𝒆𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒆, 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒅𝒆𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒃𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒄 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒔, 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔.
