Raising kids takes a lot of hard work but it is worth it. The more time that is spent on helping children learn basic skills while they are young will make them more independent in their adult life. Too many children in today's world just exist. They are not being taught life skills. Parents are busy and involved in their own lives and schedules and not paying attention to actually teaching their children.
While raising our children I used a few guidelines based on the Ten Commandments found in the Bible. One was "Thou shall not steal." Our children at a small age were taught to respect other member's of our families belongings and not use them unless they asked first. If they borrowed something they were to return it in good condition and if they ruined it they had to replace it.
Money was left laying around the house and no one took it. If the child took something from a store they returned it. If the clerk accidentally gave them the wrong change, they returned the change and made it right.
The children were taught to respect our neighbors property and to not walk through their yards. When the baseball went through the neighbor's window, the child had to apologize to them and help pay for the repair.
As parents we had our children do many chores around the yard and house to earn money to help pay for the things they wanted. Our second daughter had earned enough to get her first bicycle. I will never forget the experience of taking her to the store with her jar of money. After picking out her bicycle we started for the check out stand and witnessed another young girl with a bicycle who was being escorted by a policeman through the front doors. As our daughter paid for her bicycle with money she had earned, the cashier told our daughter how proud she was of her and that the other young girl had tried to steal the bicycle. It made a huge impression on all of our children.
Your are either honest or you are not and Honesty is the Best Policy in all we do.
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email brenda.bailey.1@hotmail.com
While raising our children I used a few guidelines based on the Ten Commandments found in the Bible. One was "Thou shall not steal." Our children at a small age were taught to respect other member's of our families belongings and not use them unless they asked first. If they borrowed something they were to return it in good condition and if they ruined it they had to replace it.
Money was left laying around the house and no one took it. If the child took something from a store they returned it. If the clerk accidentally gave them the wrong change, they returned the change and made it right.
The children were taught to respect our neighbors property and to not walk through their yards. When the baseball went through the neighbor's window, the child had to apologize to them and help pay for the repair.
As parents we had our children do many chores around the yard and house to earn money to help pay for the things they wanted. Our second daughter had earned enough to get her first bicycle. I will never forget the experience of taking her to the store with her jar of money. After picking out her bicycle we started for the check out stand and witnessed another young girl with a bicycle who was being escorted by a policeman through the front doors. As our daughter paid for her bicycle with money she had earned, the cashier told our daughter how proud she was of her and that the other young girl had tried to steal the bicycle. It made a huge impression on all of our children.
Your are either honest or you are not and Honesty is the Best Policy in all we do.
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email brenda.bailey.1@hotmail.com
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