What Kind of Lifestyle Are You Modeling For Your Children?
October 7, 2003 |
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Transcript
The Amish people in Pennsylvania still raise their children today in a way many would describe as "old fashioned." Parents exercise the strictest disciplines; ranging from assigning chores to kindergartners to prohibiting electronic toys and CD players. But when children become sixteen years old, they enter a period called "rumspringah." It’s at this time in their life that all restrictions and disciplines are lifted. Children are free to drink, smoke, and rebel against their parents' standards, but surprisingly most don’t! Although teens are free to engage in behavior totally contradictory to their parents and grandparents, the majority adopt lifestyles just like those of their moms and dads. What about our kids today? Are we demonstrating, training, and teaching them while they are young and under our roofs? The parenting power of role modeling, training, and discipline has stood the test of time. The wisdom of the Amish would tell us that the freedom of "rumspringah" comes best at the end of adolescence, not at the age of twelve, and definitely not at the age of two. |
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