Sunday’s Food for Thought – Fairness to all
Little children do not ask for their parents to be rich. They don’t resent their mom for not being pretty. They will not choose whom they wish to have as their parents.
But, all little children expect this : fairness.
They will not accept favouritism in the family. When they see how a parent prefers one brother better than the other, it’ll hurt them deeply. They’re sensitive towards such treatments.
They’ll feel unloved. And to them, it’d be like being psychologically hurt.
[Just like in the case of Jacob’s family in the Bible, where Joseph, whom Jacob the father ‘preferred the most’ amongst all his other brothers, was resented – and later sold to foreigners – by his jealous brothers]
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When there are more than one child in the family, we as parents are expected to be as fair as we can towards them.
But given the complicated and unique situation each family has, ‘being 100% fair and wise at all times‘ tends to be tougher that one may think.
Despite the challenges we face though, let us try our very best as parents to be fair to each and every little one, for we know that it is the right thing to do, as loving parents to those whom God has entrusted.
