Parents Should Stop Boasting of Their "Good Old Days" and Focus on Timeless Christian Values

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It's the start of a new year and the world isn't getting any better. The good news for Christians is that this world is no their home. Now, here's the biggest problem of people today is that they want to go back to the "good old days". I remembered how often it's often done by old school parents who love to brag about it to their children something like, "When I was your age... (insert achievement)." more often than not. Though the parents may not be necessarily belittling their children (or at least it's not in their intent) - they may even have it as an intent to inspire or make sure their children walk the right way but do they even realize that times have changed faster than they can count it? Don't they realize children do have a preconceived mindset that they are being belittled?

I often find myself still wanting and wishing for the good old days - never mind said good old days happened when I wasn't saved yet. I would think of the good old days when my unsaved family still got together for Christmas and New Year - never mind I wasn't saved yet. Then I thought about it that the Bible warns to stop wishing for those "good old days" and focus on Christ instead.
Ecclesiastes 7:10 
Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? For thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.

The truth is it's undeniable how someone wants to go back to the good old days but past achievements are destined to become heaps of trash. The very great achievements of David and Solomon came tumbling downhill when they both gave in to their lusts. Solomon who ruled a kingdom at only 20 years old would later be unable to keep it intact for his son Rehoboam. We could think of how many great inventions in the past are no longer of use today.

The truth is the good old days aren't coming back. They are past. They are history. The very important thing is to press forward!
Philippians 3:13-15
Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, 14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. 15 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you. 

Parents should teach their children to adjust to change without compromising timeless Christian values. It's like accepting modern technology while still maintaining a timeless attitude of practicing Christian values. The attitude of bragging about the "good old days" and comparing one's self to one's children "at their age" isn't always effective. Instead, it's unknowingly belittling one's children. Besides, the right attitude should be that parents should forget about how "great" they are at the age of their children and instead focus on making sure their children walk the right path in the LORD regardless if they will be as great as their parents or not!

So what if the child will be forever in the shadow of the parents in the eyes of the world? So what if said child won't generate billions like his or parents as long as he or she is a wise steward of money or is living right? It's not about monuments of stone that children should be taught to make but monuments of character. Monuments of stone like a billion dollars is nothing compared to the monuments of character that parents should pass on to their children. Just think what's the use of the child exceeds the parents' worldly greatness only to lose his or her soul in the end?

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