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Teaching Your Children
by: Michelle Ruble Do you think it is ok for your child to pick on someone that is different?
Do you think it is ok for children to tell their parents what to do? Do you
think it is ok for children to be disrespectful to people? Do you think it is ok
for your child to talk badly about someone? I think most of us would say no to all of these questions. Have you ever
stopped to think how much of this comes from you the parents? Now let us not get
into a hoof. I am just as guilty as anyone of doing these things and not really
thinking about it. So does it mean that my children learned to be bad from me? Well, I hate
to say it but yes, some of it they do get from me. Because I am their first
teacher. All parents are their children’s first teacher. Wow, that is heavy
and a lot of responsibility. Here is an example of how I influence my children. Have you ever had a
boss or someone that you just could not get a long with no matter how hard you
try? I had a boss that would cause conflict between the staff. He would tell one
person one thing, then tell someone else the exact opposite just to show that he
was in control. He had no respect for women or any one for that matter. The
morale was not very good to put it mildly. Luckily, God blessed me by allowing
me to quit. I loved my job and most of the people I worked with but the abuse
was not worth it. I would come home and as I was fixing supper tell my husband
about what a jerk my boss was. Not thinking the whole time the kids were coming
in and out of the kitchen during my little tempers tantrums. They heard mommy say things that where not very nice. It is a good thing
that I do not use curse words or I can image what they would be saying at
school. So what did I just teach my children? Well, it is ok to talk about people,
it is ok not to forgive people that do mean or bad things to us, it is ok for
mommy to do the things that I have told them not to do. I am sure I could go on,
but you get the idea. I am sure I could think of an example for all of the above questions if I
put my mind to it unfortunately. However, I won’t. The point is God has given us as parents a great responsibility. The most
difficult job in the world is raising children. However, he has given us a
handbook to help us on the tough and challenging journey, the Bible. I have
found myself looking for answers that the world cannot answer, but he can, if
you choose to let him. I know I am far from perfect, but at least I have a guide to help me to
work on improving myself so, I can be the best parent I can. We are to strive to
be like Jesus Christ and as long as I strive to be like Jesus, then I know I
will be teaching my children to be kind, giving, and caring.
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