Model Parenting Part – 1
I WILL BE A ROLE MODEL FOR MY CHILDREN
The startling fact that parents ultimately discover is that children are instinctive mimics. No matter how much we tell them otherwise, they will act just like us.
The English poet John Wilmot confessed, “Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children and no theories.”
What is needed is not a crash course on How to Raise Great Kids but rather How to Be Great Examples.
Every mom and dad need to see themselves as a prototype that will soon be reproduced.
Good or bad, honest or deceitful, moral or immoral, we set the standard. I like what Josh Billings said: “Train up a child in the way he should go—and walk there once in a while.”
WEAVING THE FABRIC
The topic of family values should never be the issue of a debate. There are not two choices. We either raise children in a home with strong moral principles or we have chaos.
Ken Canfield, of the National Center for Fathering, believes that the challenge for this generation is to make marriage a prerequisite to fathering.
Says Canfield, “Every day hundreds of children are born without two parents who are committed to building a solid family together. Research confirms that these children are more likely to commit delinquent acts, drop out of school, have children out of wedlock, suffer from poverty, receive welfare, and abuse drugs and alcohol.”
We may not be able to transform the world, but we will make a permanent imprint on our sons and daughters. As David Wilkerson, founder of Teen Challenge, states, “Every word and deed of a parent is a fiber woven into the character of a child which ultimately determines how that child fits into the fabric of society.”
So just ask yourself this – ‘Are you setting the right EXAMPLE ?’
