If you could choose only one temptation to protect your child from ever having, what would it be and why?

Question

I asked this a few days ago, but I wanted to see some more answers form parents

Answer 1

Sin.

Answer 2

i am with the other mom....a life away from God. this is such a hard question to answer i want to be able to protect my child from all temptations but i guess that is not very possible.  

Answer 3

Violence-towards others that is. I'd like to think this covers a lot. I'd be so upset and devastated to find out my children had been violent in any way towards other people.

Answer 4

I would choose drugs, including alcohol. A person can overcome the results of most other temptations but drugs and alcohol can permanently alter their brains. Because of that, there is no returning to the person they might have been, even if they give it up and are sorry they got addicted!! : /

Answer 5

thats a hard one carrie, there are so many temptations out there. but i would say if you are tempted to stray away from God, you are more tempted to all bad things

Answer 6

I would have to say any kind of addiction drug, alcohol, tobacco. I know a lot of people that have messed their lives up because of alcohol and or drugs. Its no way to live at all!

Answer 7

i would have to choose the temptation of temptaion! ...if you follow.

if the child is never tempted to be tempted nothing can go wrong

Answer 8

Screaming. Every time I hear a toddler scream in the store, I want to punch him/her, and then the parents for not punching the kid themselves. Discipline is a huge issue these days.

Answer 9

greed! being selfish gets you nowhere except dieing alone. i want my son to be a giving man. make the world a better place volunteer. do as god wants as to do. share, love, and care for others!

Answer 10

drugs...i been there and i never want my son to go there. its horrible  

Answer 11

Smoking, because it causes so many diseases and health problems for the smoker and the people around them.

Answer 12

Wow, tough one, the freedom from addiction is very good one, especially since both my husband and I are familiar with it.  Barring that, I would say getting caught up on acquiring posses ions.  Our society seems way too fixated on "stuff" not relationships.

Answer 13

Immorality.  I think immorality leads to sadness and some forms of it can become dangerously addictive.  It's very easy to be immoral, hard to be moral, so I would want to protect them from ever being tempted that way.

Answer 14

Bad boys-been there done that...

I would hope she would chose men who would treat her with respect and kindness.

I see alot of people chose drugs but I feel that I did a great job raising her that she would know wrong from right.

Now "love" or what girls think are-is a whole other story.

Answer 15

Addiction...as a recovering addict, I would do do anything to prevent my child from enduring the h**l that I went through to get where I am today. It was all worth the fight of course, but if I could spare him the pain he could trust I suffered enough for the both of us, I would go to the end of the earth and back.Let's face it, not all of us make it out alive.

Answer 16

I would say drugs.  I have seen them ruin many lives and hope that my children never go through that.  It changes people for the worst, makes them do things they would never think of when sober, and is a hard habit to kick.  

Answer 17

s*x before marriage.  Call me conservative or prude, I don't care.

The most dangerous problem in our society right now is s*x.  It is everywhere.  Its on tv, its on the radio, its in magazines.  It encourages disrespect among both genders, it spreads disease, it creates unwated life, it kills all sorts of relationships, it deteriorates families, it promotes abuse, and so on and so on.

The traditional family values are gone... and most of them are a result of this simple act.  Divorce, child abuse, abortion, affairs, etc.

We were created to have s*x, but we were created to do so with one partner, in a loving situation.

Answer 18

I want him to never be tempted to cheat on his wife. I want him to be a better man than that. I want him to have a loving, happy realtionship with his wife and children.

Answer 19

Drugs...all the way.  I have seen at least a quater of my graduating class messed up on drugs now.  i have never even smoked weed once.  It just seems so pointless to me.  PLus, thanks to my husband we have genes for drug addicts and alcoholics (from his parents not him)

Answer 20

An addictive personality.

I don't want my child to ever be slave to any kind of addiction that ruins and hurts lives. Some people will try a drug or gamble or the like and be hooked instantly and others will just blow it off.

Answer 21

That's a tough one but I would have to say addiction to drugs, which includes tobacco and alcohol.

I was thinking of debt as well but it's easier to rid yourself of debt than it is to rid yourself of an addiction.

Answer 22

Substance abuse.

Answer 23

I don't have children yet but I am a Dad-to-be. I'd say any type of addiction, because it can ruin a life so easily.

Answer 24

Drugs. My brother is a heroin addict and has wasted his life. My other brother smokes weed everyday and has no social life. Being the youngest and witnessing these two was enough to put me off drugs for life but thats not going to happen with my daughter.

I hope she never tries anything like that.

Answer 25

If we are talking about keeping our children from being tempted to do something...not doing it just being tempted then I say nothing.  Temptation is what teaches us to be strong and stand by our principles.  They are tests of the spirit.  When we are tempted to do something bad, and we walk away, we are stronger people.  When we are tempted, and give in to the temptation, we learn the consequences of our actions.

My answer would be totally different if the question was "What temptations do you hope your children never give in to?" of course. :)

Answer 26

A life apart from God.  Satan gives plenty of temptations but when you have a strong relationship with Christ you can overcome them.

But as far as typical teen temptations go, I'd say drugs/substance abuse is the one I wish them total immunity from.

Answer 27

Dishonesty.

Answer 28

Suicide.

That sh*t sucks.