{"id":905,"date":"2011-02-21T23:54:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-21T23:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/paradigm-8-how-we-view-the-responsibility-of-parenting-very-serious-involving-much-thought-and-planning-or-not\/"},"modified":"2015-09-11T14:58:36","modified_gmt":"2015-09-11T18:58:36","slug":"paradigm-8-how-we-view-the-responsibility-of-parenting-very-serious-involving-much-thought-and-planning-or-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/paradigm-8-how-we-view-the-responsibility-of-parenting-very-serious-involving-much-thought-and-planning-or-not\/","title":{"rendered":"Paradigm #8: How we view the responsibility of parenting\u2014very serious involving much thought and planning or not"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;\"><strong>Without a vision&#8230;.the family perishes&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">When our older children were little, Ray worked twelve hours every day minimum. He left at 6:30 in the morning and never got home before 6:30 in the evening, though it was often eight o\u2019clock when he arrived home. Because of his work schedule and because we had certain goals and schedules that we wanted to keep with our children, we were fairly regimented about how we used our days and evenings. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Friends often did not understand us. They would say things like, \u201cYou\u2019re taking this parenting stuff too seriously; it doesn\u2019t have to be that hard,\u201d and \u201cLighten up a little,\u201d etc. when they wanted us to be more \u201cfree spirited\u201d and flexible. We knew that with Ray\u2019s work schedule, we didn\u2019t have the luxury of running around in the evenings or of skipping our family time too many nights in a row.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>That strict schedule actually forced us to become the learning-and-playing-together family that we are today. We didn\u2019t have any time to spare during those early days. And, those \u201cstrict scheduled days\u201d actually led us to adopt our \u201cthree or four evenings a week all together\u201d tradition that has kept our family together and strong for twenty-eight years.<\/p>\n<p>The Bible tells us that without a vision, people perish. We believe the same can happen to our family. We will get into some of the ways we have planned our family\u2019s \u201clife\u201d in the coming weeks, but for now, if we just grasp the idea that our children\u2019s spiritual, character, and moral training are important enough to spend time planning and thinking about, we will look at each day differently than we previously did.<\/p>\n<p>Parenting is serious work\u2014and a huge responsibility. While spontaneous family fun is amazing\u2014we cannot overlook the fact that we are stewards and overseers of the little souls entrusted to us. 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