Every
parent wants his/her children to be happy, healthy and successful
children. Many parents succeed but unfortunately there are also many
parents who do not succeed and are not happy with the way their children
turn out. Who can young parents turn to for good advice? There are so
many people willing to give guidance how can you tell who to listen to
and who to ignore?There is no measuring stick like success. See what type of children a prospective mentor has. Do you want children like theirs? If you do then it is a good indication that this person will be a good mentor for you, but if this person's children are not what you want your children to be like, then stay away.
I have raised ten children all of whom are all happy, healthy and successful and content both with their spouses and with their social and work lives. And in addition there is a plus; the plus: they all love and respect me.
What did I do that was different than that of my lesser successful friends and relatives?
I will give you five important pointers that I followed in raising children.
One: Understanding your role as a Parent
Before you can be successful as a parent and have happy, healthy, successful children realize that you have a role to follow as a parent. Whereas many people have children by accident and many who want children and have them, really want them for their own pleasure, they want to be parents.
Being a parent means more than just enjoying the thrill of watching a baby develop into a toddler and then into a child with a personality. It means responsibility and this responsibility means guiding the child on the correct path even if that means loosing time and money. The Hebrew word for parent is horim which is almost the same as raising up harim. The words are related since a parent must raise up his children from being dependent on the parent to becoming a fully independent adult.
What is the correct path? That is a very sticky and tricky question.
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