From Ighomuaye Lucky, Benin
The Senior Pastor of the Divine Grace of Glory Church, Benin, Pastor P. I. A Obaseki, yesterday, called on parents to inculcate the right values in their children in order to have a better society that everyone could be proud of.
He made the call while speaking as a guest on Edo Broadcasting Service (EBS) Programme, Marriage Matters with the topic: “Bringing Children and Youths Up”.
Obaseki lamented that a lot of parents had abandoned their duties for material gains to the detriment of their homes.
“Bringing up your children in the fear and ways of God, in the way that we will be proud of them, in a way that our legacy will continue after us, requires a lot of sacrifices which we the parents have to make.
“It is very important to bring up your children in the fear of God so that later in life, you will not regret it, he admonished.
The clergyman said children should be rebuked when they should be and should be counseled when they should be, adding that, while doing this, it must be done with love.
He further urged parents to also imbibe in their children the culture of hard work and not to yield to their demands always because doing so, will make them think that life is a bed of roses.