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Discipline: “the image of the master craftsman who takes to himself and apprentice: over a period of years he offers himself as a model, provide provides guidelines, gives encouragement, points out errors, demonstrate skill, establish his standards, rejects sloppy or careless work… a personal association that makes it possible for the younger to be shaped by the maturity of the older.”

“Do we want them to grow up and rubber stamp what we have taught them, unchanged and unchallenged? Or do we want them, with curiosity and questing, to deal with all that has been given, discovering the personal dimension of a new life in Christ for themselves? If it is the latter, we must remember that there is much that our children see in us that is less than the best and should be rejected.”

“when I observed the families where parents seem to be doing a good job… One thing stands out: these parents, seriously, honestly, joyfully follow the way of Christ themselves. They don’t define adolescence as a problem and try to solve it. They are engaged in vigorous Christian growth on their own and permit their children to look over their shoulders while they do it.”