"Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it." (Prov. 22:6). "And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord." (Eph. 6:4)

It is said of Boswell, the famous author, that he often referred to a special day in his childhood when his father took him fishing. The day was so fixed in his mind that he often wrote about the many things his father taught him on that day. After having heard repeatedly of that particular excursion, it occurred to someone to check the journal that Boswell's father kept and ascertain what he said about the fishing trip. Turning to that date, the reader found only one sentence entered: "Gone fishing today with may son; a day wasted."

Any day spent in teaching and training our children is certainly not a day wasted. May God help us to do our very best in the rearing of our children.