Communication: Parents and Children

    "There is a simple way to look at the cost of deep, full-orbed communication.  You must regard parenting as one of your most important tasks while you have your children at home.  This is your calling.  You must raise you children in the fear and admonition of the Lord.  You cannot do so without investing yourself in a life of sensitive communication in which you help them understand life and God's world.  There is nothing more important.  You have only a brief season of life to invest yourself in this task.  You have only one opportunity to do it, you cannot go back and do it over."

Citation: Tedd Tripp, "Shepherding a Child's Heart