The key to compassionate, successful Christian parenting is simply to discover your tools and use them according to the plan that God has for you and your child. This would violate the very concept of "creator." God, as creator, designed within every mother and father the necessary tools to parent each individual child. He would never give you a child with, for example, a temperament that you couldn't handle. Others wonder if their newborns really are benefiting - and whether anyone else can know God's intentions for their family.Īs a pediatrician, Christian, and father of eight children, I would like to reassure all worried parents who find themselves asking, "Will I be a good parent? Will I be able to raise a godly child?" God would not give you a child without also giving you the ability and means to raise that child. Still, many well-meaning advisers have taken it upon themselves to presume to know God's intent for parents, producing elaborate programs for parents to follow. There are no specific references on whether to let a baby cry, how long a mother should breastfeed, or where a baby should sleep. It would be easy if God's word, the Bible, laid out a list of parenting commandments, but it does not. But the Bible is surprisingly nonspecific about the day-to-day aspects of parenting. If you don't follow these systems, you're told, you will not raise a godly child. Over the past few years, there has been increasing confusion as to what it means to be a "Christian parent," or what is "God's way." Many churches offer advice and even prescriptions for proper, biblical childrearing.
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