The Myth of the Perfect Parent

Overview According to Leslie Leyland Fields in "The Myth of the Perfect Parent," Bible-believing parents have imbibed the philosophy of John B. Watson, an early 20th-century psychologist who boasted he could train any child. Christians often follow the same kind of behaviorism, giving it a Christian veneer with selected Bible verses. And yet many children in evangelical homes are not "turning out" the way we hope or expect. Our expectations of parenting are clearly off-kilter and need to be rethought. Table of Contents SCRIPTURE: Deuteronomy 6:1-9; Ezekiel 2:3-5; 3:8-15; Ephesians 6:1-4; Hebrews 11 LEADER'S GUIDE • Identify the Current Issue • Discover the Eternal Principles —Teaching point one: A faithful life is no guarantee of good parenting. —Teaching point two: Faithfulness does not guarantee success-or even happiness. —Teaching point three: We must faithfully teach our children to both love and obey God. —Teaching point four: Raising children requires faithful obedience from chil