Parents, Give Your Children the Best Chance to Succeed

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God-fearing parents long to see their children become faithful servants of Jehovah. Parents can help them to do so by impressing Bible teachings on the hearts of their children from infancy. (De 6:7; Pr 22:6) Does this require self-sacrifice? Most certainly! But the rewards are worth the effort.—3Jo 4.
Parents can learn much from Joseph and Mary. They “were accustomed to go from year to year to Jerusalem for the festival of the Passover,” even though this required effort and expense. (Lu 2:41) Apparently, they gave priority to their family’s spiritual needs. Similarly, parents today can point their children in the right direction by taking every opportunity to teach them by word and example.—Ps 127:3-5.

WATCH THE VIDEO THEY TOOK EVERY OPPORTUNITY, AND THEN ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

• How did Jon and Sharon Schiller keep Kingdom interests first while raising a family?

Now we know the Schiller family better. Is it possible to find the right balance, among the many spiritual activities that we have to do? And if circumstances permit, could parents achieve spiritual goals, or even full-time service? Let them be the ones to answer.

Sometimes people ask me: What is your secret? How did you raise six children? We got married on September 16, 1972, in a short time, both theocratic assignments and the children arrived together. I was appointed shortly after the provisions of the elders came into effect. The children were part of all this. And probably without realizing it, I was a supervising substitute with five children, I do not think they realized what it was.

In 1989, while we were pioneers, we had some opportunities to work at Bethel, for one or sometimes two weeks. At that time, work was under way at Patterson. Perhaps we realized that we had settled down a little. Once we went to Bethel and said, “If you need a doctor from Patterson, maybe we could try to make ourselves available. No time to say it, and they called us to ask: How long it would take to sell the house, and come here! So we went to Bethel with six children. We sold the house, though to get it right away, we lost some money. And so, we started a new life. We learned very early, never to discard any service opportunity, certainly not because we had children.

• Why must parents tailor their discipline to the needs of each child?

When we arrived at Bethel, her oldest daughter was 17 years old. Having children, help me and my husband, and remain humble. As soon as you think you understand how to do it, you realize that everyone should be educated in a different way. We just thought, now we know how to handle them, there was a new one, and it started all over again.
One of the challenges, was to continue to perform, the basic activities, you arrived at home tired. It would have been easy, skip the family studio, some Monday. It was the simple but fundamental things that enabled us not to lose our balance.
I often think of Jesus’ example, at the end of the mountain talk, when I speak of the house that was swept away. Jesus did not say it was the fault of the storm, but of the foundations. We knew that everywhere, faith, both boys and adults, is put to the test. So we did our best to have solid foundations, those that do not yield.

• How can parents prepare their children to withstand tests of faith?

Prepare yourself, as long as I am under your responsibility, teach him how to deal with others, and how to face the challenges of life. We said to ourselves, some parents expect their children to go to university. We asked him, simply to be a pioneer for a year.

Any kind of education, school training, skills useful in the world of work. The Bible, on the other hand, teaches you how to live. It contains principles that guide you throughout your life.

All have continued to pioneers, have done various jobs to maintain themselves. They did the cleaning, the carpenters, repaired roofs, and today none of them, to a complicated lifestyle, which limits them in service.
I always wanted eternal life for my children, and I knew I had to give them back to Jehovah. We must realize that our children do not belong to us, but to Him we must accept it. Now we do not tell them anymore, what they have to do. We are very pleased, when in spite of the distances, their commitments, take time, to talk with us, we are very grateful. I know you do not remember this, but one evening, before going to sleep, I asked you: What would you want in return for everything you gave to Jehovah? Remember, what did you answer? Three words, my children.

In Deuteronomy we read: I have placed before you, life and death, and you must choose. As parents we do our best, sometimes we do well, sometimes a little less, but in the end, each of them has had to make a personal choice. So, in fact, there is no secret, we are proud of the choices made by our children, and what they have become, because it was their choice. This is what we have learned, do not give up, no opportunity.

The experiences of brothers and sisters, like that of the Schiller spouses, are very beautiful, offering their gifts to Jehovah. Brother Schiller said that carrying out basic activities was the thing that allowed the whole family to stay focused on spiritual things. So, when there was a chance, the brother could do more. For example, as a pioneer, as a substitute for supervising, and has used his experience in the medical field, to be employed as a volunteer in Patterson. Proverbs 10:22 says: And the blessing of Jehovah, which makes rich, and to this He does not add, any difficulty. For his brother Schiller, and his family, it was just like that.

• What tools provided by Jehovah’s organization have you used to help your children grow spiritually?

*** w18 June p. 20 par. 17 Let God’s Laws and Principles Train Your Conscience ***
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