Why its important to teach our children

[CloudWeaver]

 The main reason is so that when they are of age, they will know what to do when you the parent aren't
around. What is acceptable socially, mentally and physically. How people no matter what may view them, its usually their actions that depict what kind of person they have become. Yes its ultimately their choices when they are adults. Yet its the love, guidance, supppor that affect them when they were growing up. As parents, did we make mistakes? Of course we did. Yet the adult child(ren) we have raised will come to see we weren't perfect, yet did what we felt was best. Does this necessarily make us bad parents? No not if you made your child(ren) understand that somethings were done for their best interests. NOt necessarily ours.Then again too it could be due to financial reasons we couldn't do all we wished to but now we can. Hence we must strive to help our adult child(ren)whenever they wish it or ask it. Yet does this mean we are still to drop and run for them everytime? No its not. The adult child(ren) will know that planning ahead, giving time, perhaps understanding that now the parents have other things to do with our lives. We will always love our child(ren) not necessarily their actions, words or the way they treat us. However I will make a note here....Our child(ren) may be a physical age over 18 but not grown up to be recognized as an adult by their parents or others. Yet their words, acions and etc determine all the rest. Which now rests solely on that child(ren),not the parents.
If we teach our child(ren) to be rude, mean and cruel they will be. If we teach them love, compassion and kindness it will show thru as well.
We must teach our child(ren) that despite they may be grown up, they must be respectful to others and their elders. Unless that particular one has done something to change their view on that person(s), yet not reflect on the general mass of adults or elders. Which then falls onto the shoulders of the other person not on the child(ren). For as adults and elders we can make mistakes just like anyone else. Its not only how we react but what we do and learn from those mistakes. So if your child(ren) are still small, teach them with love, kindness and guidance. Teach them to respect all people.Yet teach them as well how to be anytime and anyplace. Written for our future generations with love, compassion, kindness by CWTD
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