Standing on the Promises Quotes

“When the parent is qualified to discipline, he probably does not feel like it, and when he feels like it, he is probably not qualified.”
― Douglas Wilson, Standing on the Promises: A Handbook of Biblical Childrearing

“As we bring up our children, we should descend to their level in one sense (humility) in order to lead them to our level (maturity). This is not the same as descending to their level (immaturity) in order to lead them to our level (pride). We must be servants to our children; we must not cater to them. One of the central problems with bringing up children in our day is the constant temptation to underestimate their capacities. We teach them profane and irreverent little ditties, not psalms and hymns. We give them moralistic little stories, not biblical doctrine and ethics. We expect them to act as though they have no brains or souls until they have graduated from college. We aim at nothing, and we hit it every time.”
― Douglas Wilson, Standing on the Promises: A Handbook of Biblical Childrearing

“One of the central problems with bringing up children in our day is the constant temptation to underestimate their capacities. We teach them profane and irreverent little ditties, not psalms and hymns. We give them moralistic little stories, not biblical doctrine and ethics. We expect them to act as though they have no brains or souls until they have graduated from college. We aim at nothing, and we hit it every time.”
― Douglas Wilson, Standing on the Promises: A Handbook of Biblical Childrearing

“As we bring up our children, we should descend to their level in one sense (humility) in order to lead them to our level (maturity).”
― Douglas Wilson, Standing on the Promises: A Handbook of Biblical Childrearing

“husband must teach the Word of God to his family, especially his wife, to cleanse her with its application, encourage her when she is faint-hearted, and oversee the help she is to him.”
― Douglas Wilson, Standing on the Promises: A Handbook of Biblical Childrearing