Are you an "escapist" parent?

Are you an "escapist" parent?

"Please, I ask you mothers, monitor your children's lives. Do not be an escapist, running from home and finding pleasures of the world. Bring a prayer life back to your children before it is too late. You will be held accountable for the fall of the souls of the children. Therefore, I ask parents throughout the world--with love and good leadership in the household, your children will not fall as prey to satan." - St. Theresa, June 18, 1991

Author Christopher Lasch in his bestselling book, The Culture of Narcissism, accuses the pleasure-seeking parent of being one of the causes for the downfall of American society:

The reversal of the normal relations between the generations, the decline of parental discipline, the "socialization" of many parental functions, and the "self-centered, impulse-dominated, detached, confused" actions of American parents give rise to characteristics that "can have serious pathological outcomes, when present in extreme form," but which in milder form equip the young to live in a permissive society organized around the pleasures of consumption. Arnold Rogow argues, along similar lines, that American parents, alternately "permissive and evasive" in dealing with the young, "find it easier to achieve conformity by the use of bribery than by facing the emotional turmoil of suppressing the child's demands." In this way they undermine the child's initiative and make it impossible for him to develop the self-restraint or self-discipline; but since American society no longer values these qualities anyway, the abdication of parental authority itself instills in the young the character traits demanded by a corrupt, permissive, hedonistic culture. (The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in An Age of Diminishing Expectations, Christopher Lasch, pp. 177-178)

"O My children, if you could only recover the peace and quiet of spirit that was once much evident in your homes and now has been replaced by all manner of creations of satan, creations that distract the minds of the innocent, creations that have taken the knowledge of their God from the children, while fathers and mothers are lost as they run to and fro gathering all the material wealth upon earth, seeking pleasures that are soul destroyers, and setting an example that can be and lead to an abomination within the family circle.
"The parents, the mother and the father, My children, must set a firm example to their children. When these children leave the family's home, they are subjected to all trials of error, deception, delusion, and lies." - Our Lady of the Roses, July 24, 1976

The amazing Bayside Prophecies... http://www.tldm.org/directives/directives.htm
These prophecies came from Jesus, Mary, and the saints to Veronica Lueken at Bayside, NY, from 1968 to 1995:

YOUNG
"The greatest attack from satan are upon the young. All parents will be held responsible for the fall of their children's souls." - Our Lady, March 18, 1973

GUARDIAN ANGELS
"My child, mankind no longer calls to his angel guardians. Will you not, parents, bring the knowledge of their guardians to them? If they must go out into your world, which has been given to satan, they must have their guardians with them. They are only for their calling, unless you as parents shall lift your hearts to Heaven and ask for their guardianship for your children." - Our Lady, August 14, 1975

RESPONSIBILITY
"Parents! Do not expect your clergy to come forth from their pulpits and give counsel to your children. This responsibility lies alone with you now!" - Our Lady, September 14, 1979

PRAY TOGETHER
"Pray a constant vigilance of prayer in your homes. A family that prays together will stay together! Without God in your home there will be separation and discord. A home in this fight with Lucifer cannot survive without prayer and dedication to your God." - Our Lady, June 18, 1979

SEX ED
"Why cannot we have our children pure of thought and mind? How can we, My children, when the teachers there are being taught to bring in sex education to your children? This belongs not in the schools, but in the homes. This is an obligation of the parents." - Jesus, October 2, 1987

LIGHTEN
"My children, as a Mother, My heart is tom for you. 0 mothers who come to Me, hearts bleeding in sorrow, I will comfort you, for I, too, know the suffering of loss. Come to Me, all you who sorrow and weep for your children, for I will place My mantle of love and comfort upon you. Come to Me, and I will lighten your burden." - Our Lady, October 6, 1979

HEAD
"My child, you will make it known to mankind that the head of an earthly family is the father. The Father Eternal will guide the father, the head of the household.
"A woman of earth shall not cast aside her role as mother and housekeeper. In her role as mother, she shall be the guardian of her children's souls and a helpmate of her husband, and a guardian also of his earthly soul and the soul eternal. By her example in her household, she has the power, as woman, for good or evil. She shall stay in her home and guide her children." - St. Joseph, July 15, 1975

BIBLE
"My child and My children, you must stress the reading of your Bible. Sit down nightly with your children and teach them. Read the scriptures; you cannot allow them to go out of your homes without this knowledge or they will lose their faith." - Jesus, June 18, 1979

ENTERTAINMENT
"As I have counseled you in the past, your medias of entertainment are polluted. Your children must be protected against this pollution in pornography and exploitation of sex.
"O parents, you have the greatest battle now to keep the souls of your children from contamination.
"The eyes are the mirror of the soul, so protect your children's eyes: watch what they read and what they look upon." - Our Lady, June 16, 1977

ROCK-N-ROLL
"My children and parents, listen to Me well. You must not allow your children to listen to recordings known as 'rock and roll.' They have been specifically created by Lucifer and his agents to seduce your children.
"They are the major instrument for leading your children into the plague, the country-wide plague of drugs, the country-wide plague of atheism, the country-wide and world-wide plague of casting aside your God and substituting false gods and religions." - Our Lady, September 14, 1979

FATHERS"I wish that all fathers of households stand forth and practice their role. They will use the rod and not permit their children to go astray. Firmness is needed in your world that is filled with laxity, permissiveness, and degradation.
"Your children have been misled by many who shall answer to the Father. As teachers they have failed in their role. Therefore, as parents you must succeed in yours." - St. Joseph, March 18, 1973

Directives from Heaven... http://www.tldm.org/directives/directives.htm

D16 - Role of Parents PDF
D65 - The Home PDF
D167 - The Family - Part 1 PDF
D168 - The Family - Part 2 PDF
D183 - Sex Education PDF
D235 - Disciplining children PDF

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