Parenting is an acquired skill achieved usually at a early part of adulthood, or subliminally obtained from the false conception that reading a "How to Parent for Dummies" books will actually give you that skill. Two insightful passages into the world of parenting, a essay, "The Most Powerful Question a Parent Can Ask..." written by Neil Millar and the short story "Be-ers and Doers" by Budge Wilson. Both passages attack the common ground of disrespectful children and how to raise them to your ideals. Although both passages share a similar goal they both host completely different attack strategies one much more aggressive then the other. The short story's "Be-ers and Doers" ideal of parenting is put far out of reasonable proportion, it would be feasible to think that the essay "The Most Powerful Question a Parent Can Ask..." is a far more reasonable approach at parenting.…
the important thing to learn is that our behaviour as an adult or teacher can directly affect the child. children will not simply do as we tell them but will do as we do.…
As a parent, what values would you want to teach your children? In the novel ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ by Harper Lee, you read about the Finch family. The story is told from the perspective of the youngest Finch child, Scout Finch. This story revolves around Atticus Finch and the case he takes on as a lawyer, defending a black man. Scout and Jem Finch, Atticus’ children, grow as people and you read about them develop into individuals, and have their own individual thoughts on the reality of the issues in their society. Atticus wants to teach his children how to be sympathetic to others, how violence is not the solution to issues, and how everyone is equal.…
A famous idiom says “spare the rod and spoil the child” which simply means that if the parent will not punish his child when the latter has committed something wrong, then the child will not be able to distinguish right from wrong. The child will likewise never learn good manners and right conduct.…
My parents are always willing to teach their four children a lesson. Most of the time they only have to teach my brothers a lesson because my sister and I are angels! That statement may not be true, but in my mind it is. My parents also think you’re never too old to learn new lessons, even to this day. Whenever I do something stupid that results in me getting hurt, my dad always reminds me that “education is expensive”.…
In all children need to show their parents respect and it’s as simple as just doing what their parents ask them to do the first time. When children show respect towards their parents they also learn to show other adults respect too, and this is a very big deal in today’s…
I think that one of the most important things to teach a young child is how to be independent and advocate for themselves. If this is not taught at a young age children tend to become very…
One of the great paradoxes in life is trying to impart wisdom that you’ve garnered in your own life to others while letting them retain their own identity. I have found in my own life, as many others have found in theirs, that it can be difficult to learn vicariously through another person, rather than having to learn from your own life experiences. Still though, there is probably not a single person who would say that if they had the knowledge and wisdom that they currently have at a young age, would not do some things differently. As such, every parent faces the difficult conundrum of trying to pass down to their children that which they have learned in their life in a way that is both relevant and convincing but also allows for the fact that their children are going to have to learn many of these lessons for themselves.…
Parents have a lot of influence on their children from the day that the child is born. Children learn how to talk from their parents, how to respect their elders. These are all important morals that all kids have to learn from their parents. Something that parents forget or maybe don’t mind to teach their children is eating healthy and exercising habits. There are many steps to take in showing a child of what is healthy and what is unhealthy. A parent should make sure fruits and vegetables, are served during lunch and dinner. Parents should eliminate sodas from the house and all the junk food. Maybe in certain occasions, children should have a treat, maybe at a birthday party or something. From a young age, my parents taught me to have an apple with all of my 5 servings a day or some type of fruit or vegetable. All depending of what im eating. This lesson has influenced me even until today when my friends & I go out and eat a salad at lunch instead of pizza or chips. I have also eliminated soda from all of my diet.…
One thing a child needs when growing up is love, without love, children grow up and continue to not love. They keep living a life full of hatred and violence, because they do not know how to love. An unloved child is a child missing out on the true meaning of…
Although it's usually far less challenging than when your children are young, your job as a parent doesn't end when your kids are finished with school and leave the house. See more parenting pictures…
Parents have a great deal of responsibility. They are their children's first teacher. It is from parents, children can learn their culture, social skills, life skills, and get exposed to many experiences. Parents must be willing to take on the challenge of exposing their children…
“Nothing is secure when you become a parent, except the love you have for your children” Dr. Samuel Caddish. As a personal opinion, I would agree on that, parents make the best teachers to their children because they are the ones who begin the whole education, from the first word to the first steps, they are the ones who love them the most so they’d give their best as teachers.…
9. Treat your partner kindly. Forever is a long time to live alone and it's even longer to live with somebody who hates your guts.…
The mistakes I shall try not to make if or when I become a parent.…