When you were born, I don’t think there were many who said, I want to raise an alcoholic, a thief, a murderer or any child that becomes addictive to a bad behavior. We as mothers and fathers tend to want the very best for our children. We do not want to see harm come to them nor do we want them to be a failure in life.
Life can throw you a loop if you’re not careful to keep a watchful eye upon its comings and goings. We sometimes because of the lack of attention to the small routines that get tossed aside in life, we err on the side of mediocrity. We over look the fundamentals that will cause us to step up our game. We fail to show ourselves an example of what we want our children to become.
When we talk about others when they are not there we teach them back biting.
When we tell them I’m not home when the phone rings, then we teach them to lie and be dishonest. When we lie and manipulate family and friends we show them how to deceive. When you go to a buffet and take food home in your purse, we show them how to steal. When you claim people and things on your income tax that are not real, then we show them how to cheat. When you’re not accountable to your creditors then you show them irresponsibility. I hope we are getting the picture here.
A lifetime of poor habits, routines and behaviors leads us to live without values and standards. So when your child has been caught in the wrong and no correction is given, it brings on more of that same behavior. Just like an addict you must remove them from the situation that allowed them to pick up the habit.
Don’t want to be part of raising a bad child, check who they hang around and pal with. Show your standards to be high. Value them as a person first. Build character that personifies honesty, goodness and upright living. All children will not turn out good, but more will have better lives than if we stand by and do nothing at all.
SPW
7-5-09
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