Please complete this sentence: "The greatest thing a parent can do for their child is to ___________________________.
2006-07-22 07:00:26 · 54 answers · asked by Ivy 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
teach them to love inspite the world, think for themselves, and to be fair and honest.
2006-07-22 07:05:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
H O N E S T C O M M U N I C A T I O N .
Love comes naturally. Honest Communication is the greatest thing...starting from day one..
For example....my son when he was 5 got his finger caught in an excercise machine. He required 5 stitiches. I took him to the ER and explained to him exactly what the doctor would do...needle, bit of pain, stitches, etc. He didn't cry a tear while the doctor did this. Doctor asked what did you tell him...I reponded.."the truth...I told him exactly what you would do." Doctor said I should write a book. I've done this their whole lives and I've been blessed with the most perfect kids a parent could ever want. They are both adults now and have never been a single problem to me because of Honest Communication. As I said....Love is a given.
2006-07-22 07:10:24 · answer #2 · answered by COOKIE 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make sure by the time they're ready to move out of your house, they are prepared to face this world!
So many people I know (the men, for some reason more than the women) cannot handle real life. What I mean by that is keep a clean house, earn a full time living, pursue higher education. I blame the parents. I'm in my late 20's and my roommates still choose video games over sleep and education then complain how they can't earn more than $10 per hour and can't seem to attract a suitable mate.
2006-07-22 07:10:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The greatest thing a parent can do for their child is to give the best education, to love , to respect and to listen.
2006-07-22 07:13:56 · answer #4 · answered by Angels Rose 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Love is a given, unless you're a sociopath.
The greatest thing a parent can do for their child is to teach them behavioral limits while simultaneously showing them all the possibilities that exist for them. A precarious dichotemy.
2006-07-22 07:11:09 · answer #5 · answered by Mandalawind 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The greatest thing a parent can do for their child is to love them unconditionally, support them in their endeavours and let them be themselves :)
2006-07-22 07:30:54 · answer #6 · answered by Kim 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
love them with all ur heart and no let anyone be ahead of ur children (ex: if ur friend wanted to go out one night to have fun and ur husbands at work and wont be in till early the next morning and u have the kids at night with no babysitter u should stay home family ALWAYS comes before fun.) that is what u risk when u have kids. good luck!
2006-07-22 07:12:09 · answer #7 · answered by college_chick 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"The greatest thing a parent can do for their child is to love them unconditionally!"
2006-07-22 13:05:47 · answer #8 · answered by cielo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Teach them how to be a human. The animal side of us is naturally there, its learning to apply self control, kindness, responsiblity, things like that that make us human and a productive part of society.
2006-07-22 07:06:39 · answer #9 · answered by Gatorgal 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
accept them for who they are even if that means accepting a homosexual, an atheist, or any of the hundreds of things that they become that you may not like
Unless of course they become a drug addict or something that will obviously cause them bad health or put their life in danger.
But then even jeffrey dahmers parents visited him in jail before he was murdered.
Unconditional love
2006-07-22 07:05:36 · answer #10 · answered by downdrain 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi,,,,, show them how to live by living a good life for an example to live by...
ps.. and get dad a beer from the refridgerator... lol
good luck
2006-07-22 07:06:51 · answer #11 · answered by eejonesaux 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋