THE PARENTING MANIFESTO PROJECT
From Mike Bates at MileHiDad:
As a parent, lead by setting the
standard and live your life in a way
you want your kids to emulate; if you do this, chances are your kids
will want
to be like you and follow your lead. Don’t say
things that attack or are
disrespectful even in jest, little ears pick up the most unusual things
and they
may get repeated at the most inopportune time.
Don’t look at parenting just as raising kids and let them do
whatever on
earth they want, we are really shaping their lives to be the best human
possible and in effect, the future of the world.
Child discipline needs to be consistent and applied by both, dad or mom
when appropriate, be involved in this unpleasant chore and it should
never solely
fall on one parent or the other if you have a two parent family, and
never discipline
out of anger. Because when anger enters the picture nothing
is learned and no
one gets anything out of it.
Teach your kids to accept everybody for whom they are; every person
doesn’t have to be their friend and shouldn’t
be. This
doesn’t mean they don’t have to be polite to them,
but treat all
like they want to be treated and move on.
A smile is worth a mile, a frown brings the world down.
