Colossians 3:21 Fathers, do not provoke or irritate or fret your children [do not be hard on them or harass them], lest they become discouraged and sullen and morose and feel inferior and frustrated. [Do not break their spirit.]
Oh, thank you for posting that! I just couldn't remember where it was, and read the entire book of Proverbs during this thread looking for it in a "likely" place...
337 posted on 04/20/2007 9:39:32 PM PDT by Albion Wilde
(...where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. -2 Cor 3:17)
350 posted on 04/20/2007 9:52:38 PM PDT by Politicalmom
(Better a democrat with an energized opposition than a leftist “Republican” with no opposition.)