Parent's Prayer

We had to arrange our schedule to make sure we were back for orientation at our kid's school. It was one of the best orientations I've been too. Well, each parent is given a handbook, and on the first page is a prayer that I'd like to share. O Father of humankind, Who has given me these, my children, And committed them to my charge to bring them up for You, And to prepare them for life everlasting; Assist me with Your heavenly grace, That I may be able to fulfill my sacred duty and stewardship. Teach me both what to give and what to withhold, When to reprove and when to praise. Make me gentle, yet firm, considerate and watchful, And deliver me equally from the weakness of indulgence And the excess of severity. Grant that both by work and example, I may be careful to lead them in the way of wisdom And true piety; so that at last I may, With them, be admitted to the joys of our true home in heaven. Amen