Changing the Parenting Game: Making the Moves That Truly Matter

As my husband and I discuss our children’s future, we sometimes feel as if we are playing a game. If we just move this piece here and maneuver there, then our kids have the best chance to pass go and collect the one hundred dollars (or two hundred if you land on it, house rules!). Or, if we make a “bad move,” it may cost them the game. Except we aren’t playing a game, we are affecting their future. That’s a lot of pressure.

The world says that if we get our kids in the right schools, sign them up for the most extra-curricular activities, and help them make the best teams, then their future will be secure, happy, and prosperous. The desire for our children to be secure, happy, and prosperous is not bad, but we can often mistake our God-given calling to make disciples with the world’s misguided goals… (continue reading at Rooted Ministry)