Ten Commandments for Parenting
IllustrationStory★★★★A MAN used to lecture on child rearing. He had been a professor for a long time and had lectured through his single years and his parenting years. His lectures evolved over the years. When he was single, he started off calling his lectures the “Ten Commandments for Parenting.” After his first child, he had to change the title to the “Ten Hints for Parenting.” After the second child it became the “Ten Suggestions for Parenting.” When he had his third child, he stopped lecturing!
The point
A professor of child-rearing scales down his confident 'Ten Commandments' to 'Hints,' then 'Suggestions,' until, after the third child, he stops lecturing altogether. Humility born of actual parenting. A humorous yet poignant tale of gap between theory and practice.
Scripture
Proverbs 22:6James 3:1
Audience
Adults
Tone
Humorous · Humbling
To tell aloud
under a minute · 85 words