Raising your children In a toxic environment

Simply put, you always have the task of showing your child his future from their early stage.

The only way you can show them that will be profitable to them is the way of the Lord.

Proverbs 4: 20- 24 ” My son, give attention to my words;

20 Incline your ear to my sayings. Do not let them depart from your eyes;

21Keep them in the midst of your heart; for they are life to those who find them,

22 And health to all their flesh. Keep your heart with all diligence,

23 For out of it spring the issues of life.

Show your children to walk in the ways of the Lord so they will not disappoint you when they grow up, because the word of God will help them understand how to treat people, respect, defend themselves and everything they should know about life.

3) Prepare your child for the neighborhood: –

As your child starts growing, their next contact is the neighborhood, and there are lots of dangers out there.

There are dangers like – traffic, bullying, sexual harassment, kidnapping, and playground accidents.

Your job as the parents is to prepare them to embrace the challenges of the environment effectively.

Here is little way to do that.

• Intimate them about the environment:- make them familiar with the immediate environment, people and places in the vicinity.
• Set boundaries:- Always let them know how far they should and shouldn’t go in the vicinity.
• Pay close attention:- Don’t suppose that you have thought them all they should know; you still have to also monitor how they mingle with the environment.

5) Watch out the friends they make: –