Perhaps some parents have waited too late to start "training up a child" in the way they SHOULD go! I'll tell you for sure, I would not have dared to argued with my late father about going to a "party". I would have "feared" to argue with my parents. I learned to Reverence and Respect my parents and grandparents, before I learned to fear (respect and reverence) my GOD! I knew they loved me and wanted the best for me. Later this would be transferred to my Father in Heaven.
Don't know what kind of party it was, but if my Dad had not approved, I would not have went a step farther. His word would have been the last word! I highly respected my father and mother.
Today I claim them as my late earthly heros! Along with Grandma Lizzie, etc!
If children don't honor and respect their father and mother, they have no promise of long life.
Many children from the previous generation did not respect their parents, and followed not in the ways of God as did their parents. Today they are parents and their children have no respect or reverence for their parents, OR their Grandparent's GOD!! It will only get worse until someone realizes and repents of the neglect and disobedience of the WORD OF GOD!
When young children disrespect their parents, it may be that the parents didn't demand respect when they were small. Respect must start early. When teenagers argue, and they talk back and show disrespect, it angers parents and it many times provokes them to anger.
The Bible gives instruction to fathers in:
Ephesians 6:4 kjv
"And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord".
When parents do what the WORD instructs them to do, it usually, if not always, works out!
We eleven siblings of our parents were/maybe not have been perfect! BUT we were TRAINED UP, in the fear and admonition of the LORD! Our parents did their part! They did not consider themselves perfect, but did their best. They looked to God, just as others, to do what they may have lacked, in wisdom, ability, etc. GOD WILL DO THE PERFECTING!
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