The Kids Are Fine

I’ve been working with children and families for a long time and what I’ve observed is that kids are fine – it’s the parents who have issues. We’ve all been drilled on the concept of the “strong-willed child.” But, I’m with Mike Mason, “what we really have is a problem with strong willed parents. We have to believe Jesus when He said all us need to change and become like children, or we’ll never enter the Kingdom of Heaven. In other words, Jesus said the kids are just fine, it’s us big people who have problems. Perhaps a more grace-filled approach to parenting is about learning from our children everything they can teach us.