Babies are innocent and vulnearable right from birth with development taking place day by day. They develop not only in growth and also understanding things that happens around them.
today, I purposely shouted at my 5months old baby when crying without end, to my suprise, He reacted to it and screamed and increase the volume of the cry.
I was like wow!! This child felt what I did to him. If I Keeps repeating that act while growing day by day, he might grow to become a violent person. Not only that act, whatever act you think is not of good value in up bringing of a child should be aviod.
They should be thought how to love, kind and generous to their neighbor. Prevent them from being violent to Friends and siblings.
This is how the good or bad influence start in children. We should influence our children positively in every area. You might be wrongly thinking kids dont notice those negative things and habit you do in their presence. There's energy behind every act either good or bad. Bringing up a child a in the way of God and positive way is an important task one should give to him or herself. Do the right things in their midst. The first thing, I think is important for us to expose our children to, is knowing God.
Making them know the importance of serving Our heavenly father. Teach them to pray as soon as they know how to talk. Aviod them from being around children with bad influence. Make them know good from bad. Children will keeps on doing wrong things without guideian. Sometimes do not spare them when they do something extremely wrong. It's crucial to let him or her know he did something something bad. Proverb 22:6 train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old, he will not depart from it. If well disciplined, he won't go back to it again.
Conclusion
Continously keeps praying for your children to have love for things of God. Pray for protection and commit them into the hands of God. Don't get tired of praying for them.