1. THE GIFT OF A GOOD MARRIAGE: We wish as parents we’d realize that a vital marriage between you and your spouse is the best gift you could ever give your kids. It’s better than anything you can purchase at the store. When you model a healthy marriage, they learn how to do marriage themselves.
2. THE GIFT OF TIME: Don't believe the lie that quality is more important than quantity time. The only way to give quality time is to invest quantity time in your children’s lives.
3. THE GIFT OF DISCIPLINE: Discipline is a debt that we owe our children. I thought it was interesting that a recent survey showed that eighty-seven percent of college students said their parents weren’t strict enough on them. Make rules and set boundaries and stick to them. You are to be their parent, more than their buddy.
4. THE GIFT OF SPIRITUAL TRAINING: We wish as parents we’d see that spiritual training is not optional but essential. Families today don’t need a small dose of God, they need a large dose of God. Children need spiritual training.
5. THE GIFT OF INTEGRITY: We wish as parents we’d practice what we preach. I wish we wouldn’t tell our children one thing and then do just the opposite. That has to be so confusing to our children. Practice what you preach and model values and integrity!
Do you agree or disagree with these?
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this! Parenthood is such an important thing!
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I do agree with all of these. The gift of integrity is particularly important to me.
ReplyDeleteI love this list - I appreciate what you said about time, I was just recently at a conference saying the same thing. Quality won't really happen when you don't give them quantity.
ReplyDeleteYES! I believe in putting out good human beings - integrity, kindness, giving...giving them my time is one of the best gifts! LOVE THIS LIST
ReplyDeleteI would think that the gift of time would be the big thing
ReplyDeleteThis list is everything! The gift of a good marriage is so incredibly important, yet so often looked over. Love this!! thank you for sharing!! :)
ReplyDeleteThis list definitely covers the most important elements of being a good parent. I might also add the gift of kindness. It's so easy for people today to forget to be good to each other and that gets pasted down to our children.
ReplyDeleteTotally agree. Most of these come down to being a good role model. Kids tend to imitate us for better or worse!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE this! Integrity and discipline - two of the most important things in the world! Love this so much, thank you for sharing - so important to teach all of our children!
ReplyDeleteKids really do need quality time spent with them! We really do have to practice what we preach with them too. They learn by example!
ReplyDeleteThis is such a great post! I think that in today's tech savvy world spending one on one time with your kids and spouse is such a great thing!
ReplyDeleteBeautifully said. It's good to show them these things. Everything starts at home after all, a large part of their views and attitude comes from us, their parents. And teaching them these would do them a lot of good in the long run and teach them to be better human beings.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful post. This is so interesting and we need to be a role model to our kids.
ReplyDeleteTruer Words could not have been written! Great insights and it doesn't matter how old are kids get we need to always be setting the example. We are parents for life, not just until they are 18 :-)
ReplyDeleteParenting is such a great part of your life and these are some important happiness that every parents must try to gift their kids. To me, discipline & integrity are the most important gifts one needs to lead a wonderful life!
ReplyDeletebeing a parent is not a joke, thank you for this, it inspires me to keep on doing my responsibilities towards my children.
ReplyDeleteit was a great experience to be a parent yet it is so difficult, thank you for sharing this :)
ReplyDeleteParenting is really a tough but a happy part of life. Your post inspires me to focus more on my children. :) Thanks
ReplyDeleteThe most important gifts we can give them are ones that money can't buy. This post is right on the money!
ReplyDeleteThese are all wonderful lessons to teach the kids. This will help shape them to become better versions of themselves as they grow up.
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