What I've learned today

I was reading today about children raising children. The book I was reading talked about how children are arrows. It then went on to talk about the work that goes into making an arrow...how you don't just cut the green branch off the tree and shoot the arrow out of that. It said that the branch had to be honed and formed. It needs to be molded and then marked so you know it's yours. Helping your children to become vital tools in this world takes work. You can't just stand by and expect them to be all that they were designed to be if they haven't been molded and formed. They will not fly straight and true if they haven't been taught the right way to go.

This is hard work I'm learning about. As a parent you are responsible to train up your child in the way they should go. I have made a commitment to this life and cannot slack off. My life is not my own.