Values Must Be Taught
Parent’s need to step up to the plate and get in the game and stop being spectators in the lives of their children they so willingly brought into the world. Values must be taught. You don’t just get to have kids and hope for the best.
“Treat others the way you wish to be treated”. This golden rule is important to every relationship they will ever have, and it’s taught in the home. As the old saying goes, “The apple doesn’t fall too far from the tree.”
Some parents don’t even try to teach manners or respect or good hygiene. That’s your job. Am I The Only One?
Kids seem to able to manipulate and lay around a lot more than we could. A wise man once said to me, “kids that get on the couch stay on the couch.” Kids without discipline and direction don’t go anywhere. Initiate a new rule in your house, no loitering, and put a sign above your couch. “KID FREE Zone”. You might even see some initiative, another important life skill taught in the home.
Boundaries make us feel safe and secure. This over stimulation on technology causes a lot of anxiety and is self-destructive. Most parents should be horrified by what their kids are seeing online. The dopamine surge is unhealthy and addictive. If it’s a free for all in your house, that’s on you.
We had to go outside whether we wanted to or not. We had to clean our rooms and make our bed whether we wanted to or not. We had to work whether we wanted to or not. Parents understand better than anyone that there’s a lot of things we don’t want to do but we must do. The word for that is grown-up.
Happy, healthy, productive, disciplined, responsible children don’t just happen. We teach them. Values are a necessary part of growing up. Parents must model good behavior. If you forgot to tell your kids that they must create their own happiness, you failed to teach them that the world doesn’t fall at their feet. As we all know, nothing gets handed to you on a silver platter. Give them tools to thrive, not just survive.
If this was a baseball game your kids are up to bat. The pitcher is life and you are the base coach helping him get to home plate. The balls come at you fast and often you strike out. You must learn how to swing, how to strike out and how walk back to the dugout, get back in line and try again.
Neither the kids or the parents should be in bleachers. You are not spectators. Climb down and get in the game.
HOMETOWN NEWS, April Edition
“Treat others the way you wish to be treated”. This golden rule is important to every relationship they will ever have, and it’s taught in the home. As the old saying goes, “The apple doesn’t fall too far from the tree.”
Some parents don’t even try to teach manners or respect or good hygiene. That’s your job. Am I The Only One?
Kids seem to able to manipulate and lay around a lot more than we could. A wise man once said to me, “kids that get on the couch stay on the couch.” Kids without discipline and direction don’t go anywhere. Initiate a new rule in your house, no loitering, and put a sign above your couch. “KID FREE Zone”. You might even see some initiative, another important life skill taught in the home.
Boundaries make us feel safe and secure. This over stimulation on technology causes a lot of anxiety and is self-destructive. Most parents should be horrified by what their kids are seeing online. The dopamine surge is unhealthy and addictive. If it’s a free for all in your house, that’s on you.
We had to go outside whether we wanted to or not. We had to clean our rooms and make our bed whether we wanted to or not. We had to work whether we wanted to or not. Parents understand better than anyone that there’s a lot of things we don’t want to do but we must do. The word for that is grown-up.
Happy, healthy, productive, disciplined, responsible children don’t just happen. We teach them. Values are a necessary part of growing up. Parents must model good behavior. If you forgot to tell your kids that they must create their own happiness, you failed to teach them that the world doesn’t fall at their feet. As we all know, nothing gets handed to you on a silver platter. Give them tools to thrive, not just survive.
If this was a baseball game your kids are up to bat. The pitcher is life and you are the base coach helping him get to home plate. The balls come at you fast and often you strike out. You must learn how to swing, how to strike out and how walk back to the dugout, get back in line and try again.
Neither the kids or the parents should be in bleachers. You are not spectators. Climb down and get in the game.
HOMETOWN NEWS, April Edition
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