A Mother's fear is what our God bears.

      We have no hold of the events that will occur in the future. Only God knows all of it. As I recall my teen years I always wonder why my parents were so strict and protective of us. I hated them for being so kill joy and conservative. My mother was the most persistent in waiting when I am not home for a girl's night out. She will go down on her knees praying whenever we're away. Little did I know that it was our armor from danger because they were praying for our safety. I was so insensitive and careless then but now I know the real feeling of a parent. 

        Now that I am a mother of two boys my fear as a parent is coming back to me . You may think I am over reacting because my boys are just 5 and 3 years old but believe me that at this age, I have fears. Especially now that they are in school. A lot of things can happen like accidents and influences from other kids. Take for instance my eldest son. In the house he is a good boy who doesn't hurt his little brother, it was so surprising that in school he misbehaves. The teacher always calls my attention because he does well in school academically but his conduct needs to be fixed. I had a one on one conversation with my son and he said it was his classmate who always starts everything. My child is so friendly and gullible that he easily follows his classmates.  The peer pressure and influences are present in young children nowadays. One time he told me that there was this boy in his class who didn't want him to have an excellent stamp always. Coming from his mouth he said " he is so greedy mom, why is he like that?" And I told him "son, you should know your true friends. A friend should be giving, loving and caring".  And he replied "well he is not worth keeping" but the next day he still played with that boy. He said "I'm not following him if its bad mom". 

       We sometimes neglect these things because they are young and i believe this is where good parenting comes in. How we can control it and how we can stay confident is through constant prayers for our children whenever they are away. Praying for their safety, the friends they will meet, the future they will choose and the partner they will live with for the rest of their lives is a parent's responsibility. Constant communication with our children and knowing their friends are good ways of keeping track on how they behave.

       Our loving God, we thank you for our children. We thank you for giving us the opportunity to be parents to instill goodness in their hearts. Give us wisdom everyday in every decisions that we will make in rearing our children. Help us to be good steward for this little creatures that you have blessed upon us. We entrust them to you and look after them whenever we are away from them. All this we pray. Amen