Raising Children

When it comes to your children you always want the best for them. In fact, that is exactly why you spend countless hours trying to teach them right from wrong. You've done your best to mold this person from birth into perfection and yet, they keep demonstrating characteristics you never factored into their lives.

Your child or children have somehow managed to become their own person. They do both things that you like and can't stand. The truth is they were always an individual, but their was a time when they reflected you more than themselves.

Honestly, the best any parent can do is guide them. Tell them all the things you needed to know, but were never told. Hopefully, the really important things stay with them and right decisions are made.

There most certainly will come a time when they do something that doesn't make you happy. That too is a part of life with children. Know that you were never supposed to save them from everything in the world. Beautiful things will happen, as well as mess ups, just be there for them. Reinforce, your love for your child and move forward in a positive. Also, never stop praying for them and yourself.


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