Manners? How to get along with people? To be respectful? Honest?
Or how to get their own way? Not to whinge? etc etc.
2006-10-27 04:36:17 · 48 answers · asked by True Blue Brit 7 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
One of the things I'm determined my children must understand is that actions have consequences.
And to treat others as yu would want them to treat you.
2006-10-28 22:16:58 · update #1
Love, manners and respect, being honest and open minded, treating others like how they would want to be teated, self respect and confiedence, being a leader and not a follower. Consequences, actions and reactions but most of what is morally right and wrong and the ten commendments.
Persevarance, tolerance and understanding and how to be a valued member of society. The ethic of work and being independent.
2006-10-30 09:58:55 · answer #1 · answered by fire 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To maintain a sense of wonder and joy at the sheer incredibleness of the universe. From this naturally follows respect for, and interest in, the universe's various inhabitants.
And all those who say manners, I'd rather have an unruly happy loving child than a meek repressed well-behaved child any day. I agree that manners are important, but over-emphasis on manners can stifle individuality and creativity.
2006-10-28 13:26:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well along side manners and respect being the best things I would teach with understanding and tolerance. I would not and don't teach my children hate, I don't like the way the word is used so flimsily when all it is is the fact we don't like the way another person acts or speaks about something so not to hate and be honest to people about the things you don't like about them. SO I spose Honesty is a gonna be a high value lesson.
2006-10-27 06:08:45 · answer #3 · answered by sammie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Manners
2006-10-27 05:04:37 · answer #4 · answered by Gossip81 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To say please and thank you first of all. Manners!!!! Respect!! To do everything you do,to the best of your ability!! Well my dad was in the army,and i'm so thankfull he always made sure we had the right manners and respect for elders. You grow up with people having respect for you and some how you have goals and you turn out to be a pretty well behaved kid.
2006-10-30 02:37:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think raising your children is your legacy and what you believe in or value will permeate in your children. The most important thing that you can teach them that will impact the rest of their life is to value life and to know the difference between right from wrong. The second thing is to take responsibility for their actions. If they break something, confess. If they hurt somebody's feelings, say sorry. You should raise them with love and respect and inspire confidence and self-esteem. You should raise them so that they will be independent and self-substaining later in life. That means not babying them when they are young. That means asking them to come up with solutions to their problems. That means not using fear or threat of punishment to make them behavior a certain way. That means molding them and their personality by love and attention to somebody that contributes to society, and not taking from it. But that's my opinion.
2006-10-27 04:55:05 · answer #6 · answered by ht_butterfly27 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The most important thing I've taught my daughters is that they are responsible for the choices they make. When we teach our children responsibility, all those other categories kinda fall into place I think. When my daughter doesn't say please, she doesn't get what she wants because its up to her to be polite. When my girls tell me the truth about something they did wrong, they receive a less severe punishment then when they lie. It's their responsibility to face the mistakes they make. Responsibility is the corner stone of everything they will ever do in this life, teach it to them while their young.
2006-10-27 04:46:47 · answer #7 · answered by novelwyrm 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
manners are good. we try to teach our kids to make choices and stick to them ( e.g. not changing their minds every 5 min, or stick with it even if their choice seems harder than they thought). the good thing about this is that they learn that not all choices are good and hopefully they learn right from wrong as they go along. obviously if their choice is bad then we discuss it and let them hear another point of view - then the choice is theirs. if the choice they make is really, really bad then we overule them. it's ok to let them be independent but at the end of the day we have to keep them safe.
2006-10-27 09:59:29 · answer #8 · answered by magicalle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Be respectful, think before they speak, be open minded when it comes to trying new things, have manners, be kind and to never judge someone by looks, race, sex, social class, disability etc.
2006-10-27 04:49:25 · answer #9 · answered by jane 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All the usual attributes but one specific one if my children get into university dont take a year out until they have finished university not before they start!! I did this and i didnt take my place. Biggest mistake of my life.
2006-10-27 04:50:14 · answer #10 · answered by jules 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋