Author Archives: Darlington Sr. Paul

January 5, 2022. Genesis 33:13 NLT: But Jacob replied, “You can see, my lord, that some of the children are very young, and the flocks and herds have their young, too. If they are driven too hard, they may die. Being an overly strict parent is not a good thing. However, not having some strictnessContinue reading “A Little Strictness Will Be Just Fine.”

January 4, 2022 Ecclesiastes 3:1 NLT: There is a time for everything, a season for every activity under heaven. There are gifts and potentials locked up in our children, and largely it depends on us to help them discover what potentials and gifts they have on their inside. We are even expected to go aContinue reading “Don’t Push It”

January 3, 2022 2 Samuel 1:20 NLT: Don’t announce the news in Gath, or the Philistines will rejoice. Don’t proclaim it in the streets of Ashkelon, or the pagans will laugh in triumph. The Journalist parent is that kind of parent who is ever poised to tell every and anyone who cares to listen theContinue reading “The Journalist Parent”

January 2, 2022 James 4:11 NLT: Don’t speak evil against each other, my dear brothers and sisters. If you criticize each other and condemn each other, then you are criticizing and condemning God’s law. But you are not a judge who can decide whether the law is right or wrong. Your job is to obeyContinue reading “Love What Your Kids Love”

January 1, 2022 Colossians 3:14 (NLT) And the most important piece of clothing you must wear is love. Love is what binds us all together in perfect harmony. Let me begin by saying there is no ‘Mr. Right’ or ‘Miss Right’ anywhere! Anyone who sold such to you sold lies to you. The earlier weContinue reading “You Married The Wrong Person”

27th October, 2021. For everything there is a season,  a time for every activity under heaven Ecclesiastes 3: 1 (NLT) You are not going to have all the time in the world with your children. From the the time they are born, you have approximately 18 years to do your job. Give it your bestContinue reading “Never Waste Time”

Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity, but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty. Proverbs 21: 5 (NLT) Parenting demands focus and focus is difficult if not impossible without goals. This the reason many of us parents aimlessly and achieve little year in year out! This year is gradually drawing to an end, did youContinue reading “DO YOU HAVE GOALS?”

Don’t lord it over the people assigned to your care, but lead them by your own good example. 1 Peter 5: 3 (NLT) Every parent is a leader, and the best way we can lead is to lead by example. I have said time and again; do not tell your children what to do orContinue reading “LEAD BY EXAMPLE”

19th July, 2021. Wise words satisfy like a good meal; the right words bring satisfaction. Proverbs 18: 20 (NLT) Say to your children; “I love you” a thousand times a day! Now this may sound like something impossible, but is it really impossible? Assuming a contest is organized where the first parent to tell hisContinue reading “SAY IT A THOUSAND TIMES”

Don’t fail to discipline your children. The rod of punishment won’t kill them. Proverbs 23: 13 (NLT) I am all for the discipline of children as long as it is done properly, and one very sure way to do discipline properly is to do it in private I have discovered that a good number ofContinue reading “Do it in Private”