28/05/2026
INTENTIONAL PARENTING
Parents and guardians, please teach your children never to speak ill of someone who once helped them, supported them, encouraged them, or showed them kindness in life because of one bad encounter, misunderstanding, correction, or offence.
😡One unpleasant moment should not erase years of goodness.
🧠Teach them to remember kindness, no matter how small it may seem, and not allow anger, pride, disappointment, or bitterness to make them forget the hands that once lifted them.
We are living in a generation where many people quickly forget good deeds because of a single disagreement. A mentor, parent, teacher, helper, friend, boss, pastor, or relative who once stood for them suddenly becomes an enemy because of offence or unmet expectations. This should not be so.
👭Teach your children gratitude, loyalty, honour, and emotional maturity.
⛪Spiritually, ingratitude and dishonour have consequences. The Bible teaches us to honour people and not repay good with evil. A heart that constantly forgets kindness can gradually become hardened, proud, and disconnected from mercy. Many people close doors to future blessings because they dishonour those God once used to help them.
Bitterness also affects the soul. It steals peace, breeds resentment, and can make someone blind to the good still present in their life.
Humanly, people observe character. A person who speaks badly about everyone that once helped them may eventually lose trust, relationships, opportunities, recommendations, mentorship, and support systems. Many doors close quietly because of attitude and lack of gratitude.
No human being is perfect. Sometimes those who help us may also offend us because they too are human. But maturity is the ability to correct issues without becoming disrespectful, hateful, or ungrateful.
Teach your children:
• Never mock those who once helped them.
• Never use secrets shared in trust against people out of anger.
• Never allow offence to erase memory of kindness.
• Learn to disagree respectfully.
• Honour people even when relationships change.
• Protect their heart from bitterness and pride.
A grateful child will go far in life because gratitude attracts favour, trust, and lasting relationships.
May we raise children who remember kindness, value relationships, honour people, and carry a heart of gratitude wherever they go.
Rev. RosetheRimande-Joel
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