Parenting for the day when you’re not there

Ed Drew  |  Features  |  helping children find faith
Date posted:  1 Jul 2022
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Parenting for the day  when you’re not there

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Jake is Sarah’s eldest child. I saw Sarah on the first Sunday after she dropped Jake off at university for his first term.

She said to me: ‘It’s pathetic. I want to get into the car and drive four hours to take him to church! When I left him, I had plastered his desk with Post-it notes telling him the address of his local good church. It’s so close to him. He needs to walk out of his door, turn right, go 300 yards and walk through that door. It couldn’t be easier. But it’s up to him now.’

We parent for that day when we are not there. That may be when we discover for the first time whether our child really has faith.

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