Faith Filled Family Magazine July 2016 | Page 115

With parenting, comes a huge responsibility. It starts from their very first breath, continues through the rambunctious-twos, onward through the challenging adolescent years, crossing over to the rebellious teenage years, and finally into adulthood. But, as parents, the instinct to “teach, guide, and protect” will continue for the rest of our lives, no matter the age of our “baby.” That instinctual portion, to help our young, is grafted, and given to us, from the Father, who created that very nature to be within us. The “lion” protecting her “cubs” is part of being a parent. Times have changed considerably since our youth. There seems to be a progressive movement that has garnered a new breed of “society” that would make some of our ancestors get the “vapors” or have an “apoplectic” reaction. The world is ever