From the Daily Caller:
Leah Jessen
Proof that God exists and the Bible is true:
Dr. Bronwyn Harman, of the psychology and social science school at Australia’s Edith Cowan University, spent five years studying what types of families are most content.
“Her research points out that parental happiness relates to how much effort has been put into growing the family.
"“What is important for kids are things like consistency, boundaries and [to] know that they are loved, no matter what,” Harman tells ABC Australia.
"Prior to the study, Harman thought parents with more children would be less happy.
Though larger families may have more chaos and expenses than a smaller family, Harman’s research shows that these issues are balanced by the amount of joy received from having more children.
"Her findings show that children who grow up in large families learn independence at a young age and always have someone to play with.”
Completely counter-intuitive. Entirely at odds with the modern, Western way of thinking and behaving. But, empirically true to those of us who have had the blessings of large families.
And completely in line with Scripture and true human nature.
Psalm 127:3 Fatherhood itself is the Lord’s gift, the fruitful womb is a reward that comes from him.4 Crown of thy youth, children are like arrows in a warrior’s hand. 5 Happy, whose quiver is well filled with these; their cause will not be set aside when they plead against their enemies at the gate.
No comments:
Post a Comment