55 Quotes About Parenting-tips

Self-deception is the worst kind of deception and is a dangerous message to send to our kids. They will learn to do the same.

Stop worrying about what others think of you and your child's behaviour. Focus on doing what is right for your children, and believe in that success.

Give kids the space to learn and grow.

Let them play! The more they play, the more resilient and socially adept they will become.

As a teacher we have the thing of not speaking in the negative. So instead of saying to a child: "Stop talking", you'd say: "I need you to sit quietly". Have the positive versus the negative.

Parenting is not something you do so much as who you are. You don’t “do” mothering. You don’t “do” fathering. You are a mother. You are a father. You are in the process of shaping a life and leaving a legacy.

Over the years I have often prayed for my children’s character to flourish. I have experienced over time that God is more interested in our character than in us having a comfortable life. It is, of course, through the hard times that we grow. We cannot experience the glory without the suffering. I have noticed that when my children go through challenging experiences, they mature in different areas of their lives.

Permissiveness constantly deprives children of the examples of adult-centred life where they can find the place they seek in a natural hierarchy of greater and lesser experience, and where their desirable actions are accepted and their undesirable actions rejected, while they themselves are always accepted. Children need to see that they are assumed to be wed intentioned, naturally social people who are trying to do the right thing and want a reliable reaction from their elders to guide them.

It is imperative that we teach our boys to love themselves, too! One day they will become men, husbands, and fathers. I encourage you to instill self-love early on!