Take care of children, holiday is with us.

By Ng'ulat TheBloggerKE Hello parents, We thank God for bringing our children this far as they wind up their academic year 2019 in schools. Isn't it wonderful that by this week as we pick them from school, they are better founded in their academics and school life! Now, they are about to start a new phase. They will come home with the feeling they have been promoted from one stage of life to another. They may feel they are no longer kids. They may ask for freedom. They may detest monitoring. As they sense more freedom, they may be characterized with defiance, seeking autonomy, self-discovery, seeking self-identity, desire to belong to a click etc. A well prepared parent is better placed to offer guidance before things happen. So, its better to prepare ourselves to receive these adorable but slippery children instead of waiting until things are bad. Prevention is better than cure- wisemen said so. Our prevention measures start immediately our children are released for holidays. Remember, they will be with us for more than 2 months. What happens to them for those two months will make or break them. It will determine how they start their next year course.The bark stops with us. What do you need to do as a parent; 1.Get to know your child. Spare time to have chats with her/him. Most deep things are revealed when they are sharing freely in a friendly atmosphere. Do not ignore comments about their friends or significant persons. Keep it in your heart and seek to follow it later in wisdom. 2.Get to know what they do with their time when you are away at work. Assign them work and supervise it. Idleness is the mother of all evils. Do not leave them to decide what to do unless you are ready for heartbreaks all the time. Make them accountable to you. Even grown ups perform better when there is sense of accountability! 3. Control the usage of phones! I have used the word CONTROL deliberately -Whatever it means to you- do it. Ensure your child is not accessing illicit information. Most girls and boys at the school age are adventuring esp in relationships (illicit love relationships). Caution them, counsel with them, talk to them, sponsor them to programmes that guide them. Some of the languages and photos posted on status or other media platforms by our children are vulgar and dirty. Please parents, let's guide our children. 4. Lastly, always pray with your children. Your prayers will live long after you are gone. Pray as they listen. Tell God your desires about them as they hear! They may not comment but those prayers are in their conscious minds. They may avoid careless Ives because they sense the God of their parents is watching. Attend church together. Read the Bible together. This might save your child from destruction. 5. Send them to homes where you trust there is positive influence! As they celebrate birthdays, Christmas festives and the likes, who are they with? What is the mode of celebrating? Where do they go for sleep-overs and bashes? With who? And what do they do? Did you know most cab clients during school holidays are school going children? When you think your child is at home, she/he could be miles away from home. Let's watch over them. Blessings parents as we prepare to receive our Children for the long Holiday.