A Parents Manual

• God created the world
  
• I define my children's world by my beliefs, desires, attitudes, actions, behavior
  

   
   

• God Created us in his image
  
• I have children who are an image of me
  

   
   

• God gave us rule to follow
  
• I set rules for my kids
  

   
   

• In the old testament, God Punished for breaking the rules
  
• When I first started parenting, I did not tolerate rule breaking
  

   
   

• God asked us to trust in him, to believe in him, to have faith in him
  
• I tried to demand this from my kids, because I was the Father.
  

   
   

• God realized rules and punishment were not keeping people from sinning.
  
• My children rebelled against my demands and rules.
  

   
   

• God wanted us to know he knew how we feel.
  
• I shared with my children my challenges, frustrations, failures with my children
  

   
   

• God put us first by demonstrating his love by demonstrating he knows/understands by sacrificing his only son.
  
• I put my children first by showing empathy, sympathy, listening,
  

   
   

• Jesus taught we were forgiven for our sins, but we must first admit we are sinners.
  
• I show my children they will never be punished for doing something wrong.
  

   
   

• We are to repent for our sins.
  
• I help my children solve the problem and how not to repeat them in the future.
  

   
   

• We trust God because he has never broken a promise.
  
• I always try and follow through with a promise to my children
  

   
   

• Jesus Christ taught us and demonstrated loving our heavenly Father, we learn to love ourselves and our neighbors
  
• I have learned by showing unconditional love to my children, rules, laws, respect, trust and faith follow.
  

   
   

  When I think about what I was taught about parenting and my experience as a parent, I am amazed how my process was so similar to God's. I did not have to go through the rules, regulations, punishment, had I followed the teachings of the Bible, I would of known to start with Love.
  

   
   

  My mom told me; "kids don't come with an instruction manual"; yet for over 2000 years, God was teaching us how to be parent, because he is our Father and he set the example.