Being a dad I can look back and say the best way to raise a child. How they should be punished and praised. How you should let your yes be yes and your no be know, and expect the same from them. How they should have every possible need met and receive their desires only when they are inline with your will. They should receive your guidance, with truth, and they should know what makes that the truth, not just because you say so. With that knowing gained from you, they should be left to choose your will or the world’s. After you have done all you know to do for them, and left them without an excuse for failure, then and only then can you expect a return that is flawless or close to it. Report cards are only the worlds way of showing success, and if that child is following his or her lead or purpose you should allow for some bad reports, but with the understanding of, the wisdom of the world is foolishness to God.

Being a dad I can look back and say the best way to raise a child. When you get home from a 12 hour day, and your wife hands you the twins and says I have had enough! And the other two older children need to tell you about their day you sigh and sit down and listen, because you know you are their world. You will give them the picture of God and how good He is. You will let them talk without intervention, letting them vent and maybe even tell you areas that you have missed without them knowing it, and at the same time let you see from their inside what they really think and believe.

Being a dad I can look back and say how to raise a child. How things that you disagreed with in your childhood you should do your best to eliminate in their life. To always keep the best interest of God, your wife, and your children, at the front of every decision, no matter what you desire. Never let money be the deciding factor in having children, but always let the truth of not having money be the deciding factor of a purchase.

Being a dad I can look back and say how to raise a child. Your wife and their mother is the best interest in their life, and if you need to stay up twenty four hours a day to give her the encouragement she needs to breast feed and deal with the challenges of infancy, you should. Every doctors appointment that is prenatel is as important as every pediatrician office visit. And when your wife gives her heart and soul to your miracles in life you give her what is left of yours to keep her afloat. Knowing in the end you will have your reward if you will endure.

Being a dad I can look back and say how to raise a child. Never to expect more of them than you do of yourself. Never expect them to do something you would not. Never punish them for the things you have done. Only give correction with knowledge of the truth, and if you do not have knowledge do not correct. You may be going against the will of God, to have your way.

Being a dad I can look Back and say how to raise a child. Because as I look back and know the things I did, my Father in heaven that I trust in, and His Son, I went through, to receive knowing for every parenting decision, was correct.

Being a dad I can look back and say that My Father in heaven told me what to do, and I can look back and see He was there.