And at a Livable Temp

“Fathers, your highest parental priority is to manage and maintain a climate of true fellowship in your home. You’re in charge of the thermostat. Too often, dads are just the thermometer, thinking to themselves, ‘It sure is hot in here.’ But fathers are called to control the temperature of their household.”

Keep Your Kids, pp. 88-89

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“Too many Christian parents, because they’ve got their shoes laced way too tight and because they want to be good, conservative, Bible-believing, Reformed types, give their kids a garden of no with the occasional, intermittent, and very reluctant ‘Yeah, okay, I guess so this time. Don’t let it go to your head.’ That is not how God is. And since we are supposed to imitate our Father in heaven, we are supposed to be openhanded.”

Keep Your Kids, p. 87