Promises Without Fulfillment . We discourage our children when we make promises to them that we don't keep. We tell them we are going to go someplace, do something, stop somewhere, and they look forward to that time. When we don't show up or don't have time it can embitter our children. Now I know that at times it is impossible to do some of the things we planned.
Emergencies do happen . . .
It's when our promise-breaking becomes habitual that we see our children drifting away from us. If you are only with your children on certain times . Certainly every parent listening to these words feels that they have been inconsistent and perhaps has done things to discourage their children. We are all sinful creatures and that sin nature occasionally pokes out its awful head on occasion. You are not alone in feeling that you are not doing a very good job.