[klpmommy]

Originally Posted by ashersmom

I think there is such a fear of not raising godly children that "we" put rules and regulations and think that if "we" can control our children then it will be easy peasy. And "we" will look like "good" Christians if our children are behaving and are controlled.

I think that we look too much to the outward when judging another's Christianity (I mean we in the loose sense of the word, not the ladies here at gcm). So if someone has "wild" children then surely they aren't walking the walk. Perfect parents don't have kids with addiction problems or daughters that get pregnant as teens. Good Christians don't have tattoos or weird piercings or dye their hair pink. There is a box that is kind of the standard Christian look and the way our kids behave is a part of that box.

I don't think I'm saying what I'm thinking. Or at least I'm not saying it clearly. But ashermom said a lot of what I'm trying to say, so I'll stop here.