Colossians 3:21 Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.
Once again we see this has to be taken in context with the previous verses and again it is showing how we need to be able to live in peace together.
From a youth worker perspective there is nothing worse than having to try to piece together a young person after they have had an argument with their parents.
The stability in their relationship is in tatters and has to be moulded back together slowly to show them how things fit together one piece at a time.
God needs workers who are willing to piece together lives one step at a time so they can see The Fathers love.