you wish your parents would have taught you or wish you would have taught your children? I want practical real life important. lessons. I am raising my own kids and training families who want to foster and adopt others. I know experience can be the best teacher. Thanks in advance to all who help.
2007-09-13 11:40:41 · 7 answers · asked by Mawm 5 in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
That's a tough one. I have raised three daughters and although they were all raised in the same house with the same parents, they are all so different in their beliefs and actions.
I wish my parents would have taught me that nothing is impossible if you strive to achieve it. That the only stupid questions are the ones you never ask. That women are as good as men and one does not need the other in order to survive.
I taught all of my girls to stand alone and take responsibility for their actions.
And I always told them to make sure that they can make enough money to support themselves and whatever children they bring in to this world because you never know what tomorrow is going to bring.
2007-09-13 12:22:36 · answer #1 · answered by nana4dakids 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My mother taught me how NOT to treat your children and family. My Father taught me how to. So I guess what I learned and taught my eight children is this. There will always be someone there for you. Always be there for each other. And the happiness that is created in your own heart when you help someone is all the reward you need.
2007-09-14 14:22:50 · answer #2 · answered by Marilyn T 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOVE!
Make sure they know you love them. TELL THEM and mean it. Let them know it when they do something good, but also when they are not so good as long as they are trying to get better.
TRUTH!
Truth is the 2nd biggest lesson you can teach children. You must establish it early or they will not get.
Once they "get it" it makes everything else easier. They will behave better and be happier because they are not constantly trying to hide things. If they learn truth early it is easy to get them to take responsibility for their actions.
2007-09-13 19:50:32 · answer #3 · answered by bugman 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am trying to teach HONOR in my family. They all teach us to honor a judge or the president or someone in high authority. I think that it is so important for a family to honor each other first. A family is more important to each other and we should treat each member in the family special. Once they can accomplished this, it will mean so much more to them and us.
2007-09-13 19:49:26 · answer #4 · answered by Mel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I failed in the area to take my children to church..most important lesson for a parent to learn...I "sent" them to church instead of "taking" them.
Trying to make it up with the 7 grandkids..because my kids are failing where I did. God bless
2007-09-13 23:17:14 · answer #5 · answered by cecstar 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The hardest thing that I had to learn was
that kids are thoughtless, (It's part of the
definition and about the time they stop being
thoughtless we start calling them adults),
and that correcting individual mistakes is
less important then teaching them to think
ahead.
"You did this wrong!" is a useless admonition.
Next time it'll be something else equally dumb.
"Why weren't you thinking?" is the one you
want to use.
2007-09-13 22:43:49 · answer #6 · answered by Irv S 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
to always tell your kids you love them no matter how old they are. I am 34 and I don't remember when my mom told me she loved me. she says she told me when i was little but i must have been real little because i don't remember it. So i make sure that i tell my kids everyday that I love them you never know when it will be the last time that they hear it.
2007-09-13 18:50:46 · answer #7 · answered by brianswife 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋