Five Things Your Kids Need To Know From You to Make It in Life
These aren't easy days to raise children - at least raise them
to be well-rounded productive citizens. If you are concerned
about how to do that, consider the following 5 keys to
cultivating productive children.
Teach them to...
Think Right When our kids get home from school, class has
definitely not ended. MTV, Jerry Springer, and even that blue
dog have something to say to young pliable minds. How can we be
more in control? For starters, take time to talk with your kids.
The best way to teach correct thinking is to find out what
they're thinking. Another great idea to nurture correct thinking
is to reward children for doing it. Make a big deal about
intellectual accomplishments like reading books, good grades,
and extra curricular activities. Generally, what we emphasize to
our children as important becomes the foundation for their
thinking process in the future.
Plan Right Many kids are growing up without any knowledge of how
to organize and plan their lives. Teaching them how to plan
their day, their school assignments, their extracurricular
events, etc. will only aid them in their adult lives to be more
productive and responsible. One simple way to begin is to
require things like chores and homework to be done before TV and
video games. This simple task begins what will be a lifelong
activity of processing the affairs of daily living. As children
get older, increase responsibilities proportionately. Give them
room to fail. If they do, show them where they fell short and
guide them back on task. These lessons will last a lifetime.
Love Right Basically, the best advice about relationships for
this short article is this: Children will most likely model how
they see their parents or influencers handle relationships. If
they see respect in action, they will respond in kind. If they
see good communication skills at work, they will learn from
that. If they observe compassion and understanding, they will
respond in the same way. Many times how children perceive how
their parents relate to one another will influence how they
treat their future spouse should they marry. What they see is
what they'll be
Budget Right The only way we will curb out of control consumer
debt, is to get out of it ourselves and to it to teach it's woes
to our children. If you are in debt to your ears, show your
children the effects and what you are doing to reduce it. If you
are not in debt, show your children how you did it (very
important) and the benefits you enjoy as a result. Either way,
they learn a valuable lesson.
Give Right Our world is a needy place. Generosity is a wonderful
attitude to nurture. The best way to nurture it is to do it.
Allow your children to see you giving to your church, the needy
man on the sidewalk, or simply doing a kind deed for a neighbor.
There has never been a greater need for generosity in our world.
Let's teach it to our children by example so that they can carry
it into the next generation.
Think, plan, love, budget, and give: The ingredients that
cultivate productive children.