Do you think when you have a child their needs come first?

Question

I know I just asked something similar to this but I wandered off the point in the additional details. Basically what I would like to know is, in your opinion, do you think when you have a child their needs come first and do you think most people today ask themselves, "How would this affect my child?" before doing something?

Answer 1

Yes their needs should always come first. They are helpless and have no control over their own life. Most parents do have good intentions, but some people are just incapable of putting themselves in another persons shoes. It is still important to have a balance and take care of yourself. If you're not happy, they're not happy. Your main goal is to teach them how to be an adult, this means teaching them how to take care of their own needs through the years.

Answer 2

Yes i do beleive that a childs needs come first a child didn't ask to be born a parent brought them into to this world and it is their resonsibility to see their that their childs needs come before their own. Not enough people realize that but you can't really blame them we are all human and we all make mistakes It' sometimes hard to believe that every decision that you make could affect the course of a life. Most people mean well they probably had good intentions but somehow lost sight of what was in the best interest of their children

Answer 3

Yes, when you have a child their needs should come first.
No, I do not think that most people today ask themselves how things will affect their child before doing something.

Answer 4

A child's needs certainly ought to come ahead of a parent's desires, and often before a parent's needs. However, many who become parents didn't have realistic expectations of parenthood, and become disappointed --if not disallusioned-- by reality. Fewer & fewer give thought to how their own behavior ultimately affects their children, but the following online articles shed light on just how important it is to provide for a child's needs ... on ALL levels! ...

A Child's Early Years--What Should Parents Do?:
~ How Important is Early Child Training?
~ The Importance of Nurturing your Child <*
~ Your Role as a Parent
http://watchtower.org/library/g/2004/10/22a/article_01.htm

Children--What They Need From Parents :
- Into the Cold World !
- What Babies Need and Want
- Providing Children What They Need http://watchtower.org/library/g/2003/12/22/article_01.htm

Giving Children the Attention They Need
- Training Without Irritating
- Give Them Your Time
http://watchtower.org/library/g/2005/2/8a/article_01.htm

Answer 5

Yes their needs do come first, but at the same time you need to look after your health aswel so you can parent properly. At times when a baby doesn't stop screaming and you can't take anymore and no matter what you do it just won't stop, put the baby down crying or not and leave the room and give yourself a few deep breaths to relax more then go back and try again in a more relaxed state. But your child will always be number one, you second and anyone comes after that.

Answer 6

Obviously their needs come first. When you actually have a child, and not before or imagining yourself with a child but when YOU actually have one - an extension of you - you realize that. But you love them so much that it doesn't matter; it's like when their needs come first, your needs come first (that is, that you realize a new need in yourself to find joy and fulfillment in fulfilling their needs). As for most people asking that I can't say; but I do believe most at least subconsciously are asking themselves that at every moment throughout every day.

Answer 7

i think the child's needs come first. as for asking there self's how would this affect my child i think its just common sense its like right or wrong your know how it will affect the child going in to a bit more why the child comes first..................... you are the carer you are the one who will make this little person, you will have to feed them love them protect them teach them right or wrong they come first as they cant defend them selfs i dont understand why you need to ask this question but if you are a new mum and just need a few answers i can understand as it is scary and new to have a baby that is so tiny but think of this question another way when you were small didnt your parents put you first gave you love and made you safe?

Answer 8

A child's needs come first. Because they're too young to tend to their own needs. And I think on larger subjects, parents ask themselves if it would affect their child, but I also think that it may slip their mind on some smaller things.

Answer 9

Yes. A child's needs must always come first. If someone does not believe this then they have no business having children. Sadly, too many people do not consider their child's best interest when making decisions - too many parents are very selfish.

Answer 10

you're child always comes first no matter what. if you think something would affect your child than it probably will. your childs life, future everything depends on you and whatever you may do can and will affect you're child in the end. a child always comes first and should always be the most important thing in your life. i always put my child's needs and when he gets older i will also out his emotions first. i have seen when someone only thnks of themselves and not their children. my husbands sister always thinks of herself and never of her children. her children are miserable. they tell lies so that their mother will notice them. she at one point let her daughters urinary tract infection get so bad that she couldn't even pee. so to answer your question yes your children's needs always come first. don't be an irresponsible parent and not care how things affect them.