Tennessee boy found drinking beer

Several days ago, Tennessee investigators say a 4-year-old boy was found roaming his neighborhood in the night, drinking beer and wearing a little girl’s dress taken from under a neighbor’s Christmas tree. The child’s mother, 21-year-old April Wright, tells WTVC-TV the boy “wants to go to jail because that’s where his daddy is.” Wright says she and the boy’s father are going though a divorce.

Psalm 127:3 says, “Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.” It should break the heart to hear of young children who are doing actions like these. Parents are given strict instructions to “train up” their children (Proverbs 22:6), and there are a number of areas of concern with this young boy, but none more so than the fact that he had access to alcohol.

Furthermore, the young boy’s father obviously is not setting a good example for his son by being in jail. The boy wants to be with his father, but he is prevented because of his father’s wicked deeds. How will the little boy turn out? Who knows? He needs parents who will teach him the word of God and live it before him. That’s no guarantee of success, but he deserves the best that he can get!

Kyle Campbell