The POWER of Parenting challange
I Challenged the girls to comment on the power of being a parent.
Think about it. There is tremendous power in being a parent. You are the everything to that child. You could make or break that little human being. Everything thing you do, everything you say shapes and molds that life and how he or she percieves it and moves within it.
If we are darn lucky, we get it mostly right and we don't screw them up to much, and some therapy can usually can fix that.
Our children look to us for their self-esteem and their confidence. They reach for us to learn love and compassion. They watch us model what they need to learn and they will immitate us. God help us if we don't do it right.
When you are out in public, just listen to the parents around you. Watch them interact with their kids and listen to how they talk to them. Imagine how you would feel if it was you on the recieving end of it. Then realize that other people are doing the same thing to you. When you can listen to yourself, interact with your own kids.. then you can be a good judge of how you are doing.
Most of the time, we don't pay attention to how we are parenting.
I know I don't think on it much. But, when I do...like in the example of public watching.. I feel my interactions change for the positive... I try harder to be better.. instead of slipping.
Perhaps.. .we could think of it as GOD is watching us parent and because he is watching and judging how we are wielding the power... we might be more carefull with how we swing that mighty sword.
Think about it. There is tremendous power in being a parent. You are the everything to that child. You could make or break that little human being. Everything thing you do, everything you say shapes and molds that life and how he or she percieves it and moves within it.
If we are darn lucky, we get it mostly right and we don't screw them up to much, and some therapy can usually can fix that.
Our children look to us for their self-esteem and their confidence. They reach for us to learn love and compassion. They watch us model what they need to learn and they will immitate us. God help us if we don't do it right.
When you are out in public, just listen to the parents around you. Watch them interact with their kids and listen to how they talk to them. Imagine how you would feel if it was you on the recieving end of it. Then realize that other people are doing the same thing to you. When you can listen to yourself, interact with your own kids.. then you can be a good judge of how you are doing.
Most of the time, we don't pay attention to how we are parenting.
I know I don't think on it much. But, when I do...like in the example of public watching.. I feel my interactions change for the positive... I try harder to be better.. instead of slipping.
Perhaps.. .we could think of it as GOD is watching us parent and because he is watching and judging how we are wielding the power... we might be more carefull with how we swing that mighty sword.
posted by Magpie at 9:23 PM
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