2. Remember that God is not done with our children yet

Isaiah 54:13 says that

All your children shall be taught by the Lord,
And great shall be the peace of your children.

This is a promise of great comfort to all parents, that we are not alone in the job of bringing up our children.  In fact, we are secondary to God in the business of teaching and bringing up our children.  We should then put our trust in Him and not in our own wisdom, or the wisdom of the world.

Bearing this in mind, we should also remember that God is not done with our children yet.  None of us would claim that we are perfect beings and that God is done with teaching us.  This is after how many decades of our lives?  Why then do we expect our children, just a few years old, to be ‘perfect’ children?  They have a long journey to go.  God is certainly not done with them yet.

So when we face criticism from others or from ourselves because of some shortfall from our children, we should remind ourselves that God is not done with them yet.  And when God is involved, there is hope no matter how  bad the situation may be.  If we keep this in mind, we will not get overly anxious, frustrated or fearful.  Again, with a clearer mind, we would be able to handle whatever situation it is better.