Provoke not your

children…
Children have a right to live in physically, emotionally
and psychologically wholesome environments
1 Pet 5:7
• Cast all your care upon him because he cares for you.
 Mental Health vs. Mental Illness
• State of psychological, emotional and
social wellbeing
• Involves the way we think, feel,
behave and interact with others
• Also includes the way we manage
stress and make decisions
• We are mentally ill if our thoughts,
actions, behaviours, interactions and
ability to manage stress are
consistently maladaptive
Child
• Human under the age of majority
 Requirements for good mental health
• Stability
• Structure
• Discipline
• Compassion
• Safety (physical and psycho-emotional)
• Social circle (inclusive of peers)
• Healthy parenting
• Love!!!!
A serious biblical injunction!
• … do not provoke your children
to anger, but raise them up in
the discipline and instruction of
the Lord
• Eph 6:4, Col 3:21
• But whoso shall offend one of
these little ones which believe in
me, it were better for him that a
millstone were hanged about his
neck, and that he were drowned
in the depth of the sea.
• Matt 18:6
How do we do this?
• Chaotic home environments
• Unkind words
• Neglect
• Abuse
• Unresolved trauma
• Overparenting (hovering/
expectations)
• Emotional disconnect
• Poor examples
• Uncompassionate religiousity
• Misplaced motivation.
Get your motivation right
Get Help!
• For yourself
• For your child/children
Connect your children with “The Source”