The Power of a Parent's Blessing by Craig Hill

Author:Craig Hill
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook, book
ISBN: 9781621362234
Publisher: Charisma House
Published: 2013-02-10T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

BLESSING YOUR CHILD IN INFANCY AND EARLY CHILDHOOD

ANOTHER KEY TIME at which blessing or cursing can occur is during infancy and early childhood. A child is very vulnerable at this stage because he cannot meet any of his own needs. If he doesn’t feel secure that his needs will be met, the child may begin to trust no one but himself. Of course, this is not a moment in time but a season of life during which the child is looking for consistent nurture and care. It is this consistency that allows a child to learn to trust others.

KEY ROLE PLAYER

The key roll player in blessing a child in infancy and early childhood is the mother. While the affection of the father is important, it is really the mother’s care that is critical to establishing basic trust during this key time of life. She is the one who can answer the key question in the child’s heart with the divine truth that will bring peace to her child’s soul.

KEY QUESTION TO BE ANSWERED

In early childhood the key questions to be answered are: Is there anyone I can really trust to meet my needs? Is there anyone here bigger, stronger, and wiser than I am, who truly loves and cares about me?

An infant must trust people outside himself to survive. As a result, the enemy wants to make sure the child receives no consistent care, thus creating a significant fear of death, inner turmoil, and a struggle to survive. The enemy wants the child to think, “If there is nobody I can count on to meet my needs, then I’ll have to meet all my own needs.” If this is not possible for the infant or toddler to accomplish, and it likely will not be, he will experience much fear, and his soul will not be at rest.

BLESSING AND CURSING IN INFANCY AND EARLY CHILDHOOD

Of course it was God’s plan for children to receive a powerful message of blessing through their parents in infancy and throughout early childhood. Below are some of the ways parents can either bless or curse their children in this phase of development.

Blessing at the time of infancy may include:

1. The parents communicating verbally and physically that the child is wanted, accepted, received, and welcome, with the mother in particular loving, holding, and physically nurturing the baby

2. The mother breast-feeding the infant to help create a physical and emotional bond

3. The mother giving consistent care and meeting the child’s physical and emotional needs, thus encouraging him to trust someone outside himself to meet his needs

4. The father expressing significant amounts of physical touch and affection

Cursing at the time of infancy may include:

1. The parents communicating verbally and physically that the child is not wanted and not welcome, and the mother withholding love, affection, or physical nurture

2. The mother not creating a physical or emotional bond through breast-feeding or other forms of meaningful touch and nurturing

3. The child receiving inconsistent care because Mom is not steadily available

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