Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
-Ephesians 6:4
Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.
-Colossians 3:21
When I was young I fought with depression. I hated my life and myself with such intensity that I wanted not only to die, but to do so at my own hands. When I worked up the nerve to tell my own parents that I needed help, my father screamed at me "...if Pastor ____ can't fix your problem, then you don't really have a problem!!"
By God's grace I made it out of that place alive.
Don't be those parents. If you're kid is willing to confide their heart to you, DON'T chase them off.
