DEAR READERS,

I FEEL INADEQUATE TO WRITE ABOUT THIS TOPIC.
HOWEVER, I FIND THAT THE PERVASIVENESS AND PERMISSIVENESS OF THE CURRENT SITUATION MAKES IT IMPERATIVE FOR ME TO WRITE IT.
IT IS INDEED AN IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR PARENTS AS WELL AS FOR CHILDREN TO CONSIDER , HOW WE MAY ACCOMODATE AND UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER BETTER IN DEVELOPING A HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP WITH ONE ANOTHER.
RECENTLY, THERE WERE A FEW COMMENTS ABOUT WHETHER WE SHOULD USE CANING AS A WAY OF DISCIPLINING OUR CHILDREN.
SOME COMMENTED THAT THEY STILL WOULD USE CANE TO DISCIPLINE THEIR CHILDREN.
WHILE OTHERS WOULDN'T AGREE TO IT, AND SAID THAT WE SHOULDN'T CANE OUR CHILDREN AS THEY ARE NOT TO BE TREATED AS " ANIMALS." BASICALLY, THERE IS NO RIGHT OR WRONG ANSWER IN DETERMINING WHAT KIND OF METHODS THAT WE SHOULD FOLLOW OR USE IN DISCIPLINING OUR CHILDREN. WHILE SOME CHILDREN ARE EASIER TO DISCIPLINE, AND OTHERS MAY NOT. IT'S ALL DEPENDS ON THE SITUATION AND THE TYPE OF TEMPREMENT OUR CHILDREN HAS. MORE IMPORTANT IS THAT THE METHOD WE USE MAY INDUCE A WELL BALANCE DEVELOPMENT IN THE GROWTH OF THE CHILDREN.

LET'S LOOK AT THE BOOK OF EPHESIANS, WRITTEN BY THE APOSTLE PAUL FOR SOME OF THE PRINCIPLES THAT WE CAN USE TO GUIDE OR DISCIPLINE OUR CHILDREN.

EPH. 6: 1 -  CHILDREN , OBEY YOUR PARENTS IN THE LORD, FOR THIS IS RIGHT.
               2 - HONOUR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER - WHICH IS THE FIRST COMMANDMENT WITH PROMISE;
               3 - THAT IT MAY BE WELL WITH YOU AND YOU MAY LIVE LONG ON THE EARTH. 
              4 - AND YOU FATHERS, DO NOT PROVOKE YOUR CHILDREN TO WRATH, BUT BRING THEM UP IN THE TRAINING
                    AND ADMONITION OF THE LORD.

EPH. 5: 25 - HUSBANDS, LOVE YOUR WIVES, JUST AS CHRIST ALSO LOVED THE CHURCH AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR HER.

COL. 3:18 - WIVES , SUBMIT TO YOUR OWN HUSBANDS, AS IS FITTING IN THE LORD.
              19 - HUSBANDS, LOVE YOUR WIVES AND DO NOT BE BITTER TOWARD THEM.
              20 - CHILDREN, OBEY YOUR PARENTS IN ALL THINGS, FOR THIS IS WELL PLEASING TO THE LORD.
             21 -  FATHERS, DO NOT PROVOKE YOUR CHILDREN, LEST THEY BECOME DISCOURAGED.

THESE ARE VERY CLEAR INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE WORD OF GOD.

MAY WE BE ABLE TO PUT WHAT WE HAVE LEARNT TO PRACTICE - BE UNITED IN THE BOND OF LOVE.

OUR FATHER, WHICH ART IN HEAVEN, MAY YOU GRANT US THE UNITY AND THE BONDING FOR ONE ANOTHER WHETHER AS PARENTS OR AS CHILDREN, THAT WE MAY BE UNITED AS ONE FAMILY IN YOU, THROUGH OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR, JESUS CHRIST. AMEN.