The Things We Teach our Children

2underage

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My wife and I raised five children. In doing so we had to teach them some basics.
We taught them how to smile and how to walk.
We taught them how to talk and then to read.
We taught them how to ride a bike and later how to drive a tractor.
We taught them how to milk a cow and the kind way to treat animals.
We taught them how to be polite to others and than we taught them how to drive a car.
We than taught them that it was time to fly the nest and be good, self supporting citizens.
We taught them we would be here to offer our support in their struggles with life and that our door would always be open anytime the world dumped on them.
We taught them that we loved them.

Someone posted a while back that parents are failing their children and perhaps we have but at least we tried and I bet that many of you have done your best to prepare them for the rigors of life out in the real world. Happy farming.
 
I also agree. We that love them are the majority. But the ignored child that started out as a reason to stay married, or was an accident, or got in the road of personal self satisfaction, makes up a very troubling, difficult to deal with, nearly impossible to educate, segment of our population. Jim
 
The problem these days is that many parents are so self-absorbed that they don't bother to teach their children anything. I always have to smile when I see a young mother with a 3 year old at the supermarket, and she's doing what my mom did with me- having a running conversation as she goes down the aisles about what she's buying, planning, etc. "Lets get some Cream of Mushroom soup so we can make a casserole out of that leftover chicken and some rice- you like that, don't you?" "So what kind of cake mix shall we get for dad's birthday?" "Do you remember how much Cheerios is left in the box?" I usually say something like "Good job, mom, treat him like an adult and he'll act like one." I always get a smile and a "thank you" in return.

I guess I'm not the only one- my son and his wife have 4 kids (from 1 to 10) who are very well behaved. He says they often get compliment from older people in restaurants- "so nice to see a family having a conversation rather than a shouting match".

Parenting is work, and unfortunately, many are not willing to put in the effort anymore.
 
We have two daughters that turned out real well. I had my doubts about the oldest. lol. We are now grand parents and I have to say that our daughter and her husband are a lot more strict than my wife and I were. Our grandson is now 7 and he must behave, be polite and do his homework before he can play.
 
We raised 4, two girls and two boys. I take no credit for anything that turned out right. All four were very different, and as soon as I got one somewhat figured out, the next was busy being different. It didn't help that they arrived girl, boy, girl, boy. My wife should get most of the credit for her steady, sensible approach, and they all turned out to be excellent young men and women. I am surprised and delighted that all 4 turned out, especially when they arrived without an instruction manual!
 
What really bugs me is when a parent says OK? after every instruction. They shouldn"t need to get the kids permission in order to teach them properly. It just gives the child the sense that he"s in charge, instead of the parent. And too often, they choose not to obey. But hey, they were given the choice.
 
A couple of things i remember in the bible it says be not afraid to discipline a child for the life you save will be there own. I'm not saying it's ok to hit a child but something different . I look at the discipline of getting up in the morning keeping a job paying bills etc . I see so many kids in dead end jobs just existing not trying to make anything of themselves where maybe a little more discipline to stay in school maybe get to work on time to take care of your kids would put them in a better job and a better life for themselves and there families.
One other thing i remember is a saying that parents failure to discipline there children then leaves it up to society to teach them . That is so true our prisons are full the drug rehab programs welfare etc.
 
We buy a $20.00 appliance and it comes with a manual to help us use it. A child cost in the neighborhood of $300,0000.00 to raise and there are no instructions with them. Each child is different but God's book, The Bible has always had excellent instruction on raising a child
 
We were so fortunate that we got to send our kids out of town to my brother's farm every summer, where they learned that work had to be done in a certain time frame and couldn't be delayed. Now both have great jobs and are self sufficient.
 
Boy did you waste a lot of effort. There's smart phones today to do that job and a parent has to do absolutely nothing. TDF
 
2Underage I agree with your little piece of advice and rearing the kids. Last Month was my 40th anniversary and I also just turned 66 this month. I also have 5 kids, all boys and I am very lucky. All of them are great kids and have their own families. Its not that difficult but as you stated we teach them and show them how... and a little "boot in the behind" helps. LOL
 

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