Parents...What is it that you try to teach your children?

Question

I use the word "try" because as a parent myself, I understand that sometimes they have to "live it" in order to "get it".

Answer 1

RESPECT, love, knowledge, understanding, tolerance, independence, the ability to stand up for her beliefs, courage, strength, and the ability to question.

Answer 2

I have raised five children and I have tried as a parent to teach them "good morals and ethics". It's hard for a parent to teach their learnings to their children, since we, as parents, are still learning ourselves...lol. We can only do what we think is best for our children. It's the ways that we were taught by our parents but in a different point of view. Such as my parents were born in the late 1920's so their morals and ethics were alot more stricked than we as parents today would be. But in the same general ideal. We hope that our children will listen to our views and our teachings so when they become adults and have their family that they will use a revised version of what we taught them. One thing I tried as a parent to teach my child was "truth" to be truthful within their ownself and to be true to others."Honesty" was another that I tried to impose. One has to be honest to be truthful. Now as a parent I introduced Christianity with my children. I believed in God so I hope they would also. After they turned a certain age I decided that if they chose not to go to church that it was their decision. When they became an adult, then they could choose the religion they so do desired. I let them make their own decisions if it wasn't out of line so do speak or illegally or immorally. I feel that children should have a responsibility on some choosing depending on the issue. I also taught them the responsibility of hardwork/chores so they can earn money as well as pride for oneself. We as parents learn at the same time as our children and as parents we are going to make mistakes along the way just as our children do. But we do learn from them don't we?...lol Good luck in your quest and answers. have a blessed day!

Answer 3

Ethical living. Primarily based on treating others the way she wants to be treated.
A love of learning and that whatever she thinks she knows, there's more.
Loyalty to family and friends.
Generosity to those in need and standing up for the helpless, homeless, parentless (she was abandoned herself)
Critical thinking and logic. To always look beyond the surface into the motivations and agendas.
Self-determination. Always to choose her path, not let others of the pressures ofthe moment choose it for her.
Be forgiving, especially since gudges mostly hurt the person holding them.
Be idealistic without be discouraged by outcomes other than what you hoped for.
Do what you do well and honorably.
Stand out from the crowd.
She graduated college in December, started her first full-time job two weeks ago. I'm so proud of her I could bust. She's amazing and I love her awful.

Answer 4

God lives and He loves us. Try to understand people and gain skills in communication. Get a good education. Get a good hanlde on science, math, english, computers and business and you can have any career you want. Learn skills in business no matter what your career is. Keep your life healthy mentally and physically. Stay clear from drugs, premarital sex, and any other addiction-causing habits. Learn how to handle money. Live to be an example for your future children. Find a spouse, raise a family and teach them the same. (And the list goes on.)

Answer 5

To treat others as they would want to be treated.
To not hate anyone for any reason.
That knowledge is the most important thing you can have in this world.
To question everything, and not accept anything without evidence (even what I tell them).
That we have only this life, nothing before or after, so make the most of every single day.

Answer 6

I work in a restaurtant. The parents, teach their kids disrespect, dishonesty, disreguard,cowardance and to leave another kid in therapy for years.
Those parents let the kid make fun of of other, just stare, run aournd, and play in the food on the bar.

Answer 7

im not a parent but im a daughter and my mom "tried" to teach me all the wrongs and rights as a teen but i was still rebeliou and did what i wanted to do but now im 19 yrs old and man have i chgd i realize what i did and i had to see my istakes for myself thank God im still young and realized now until later when it would have been too late but it is true one has to make mistakes to learn from them unfortunaltey there are those who learn too late

Answer 8

We try to teach them not to play with their privates. We try to teach them if they can prevent it not even to touch it when they have to urinate. And for Gods sake they should be careful how they take a shower.

Answer 9

I try to teach my son that all people are created equal. He should treat others like he wants them to treat him. I want him to think for himself and make mature logical decisions.

Answer 10

Syrup of epecac is not a good substitute for cough medicine.