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"Children Are The Living Messages We Create"
The importance of being aware of everything you say an do in your lifetime impacts your children and creates who they will grow up to be.
Parents tend to forget that they are their child’s first and foremost teacher and educator, playing a primary role in their entire lifetime. From the time the child is born, they hear their parents voices and words. Everything you say and do impacts them directly or indirectly. When you fight, argue, show anger, frustration, your children are watching you and learning. When you gossip about friends and family, your children watch you, listen and learn.
When you complain about someone, or talk about hurting others, your children listen and learn. When you lie, even if it is a white lie, they listen and learn.
Parents tend to forget that education is not just learning to read and write. The most important education is the life skills you teach your child. How to respect, how to help, how to be compassionate, how to be generous, how to be honesty, how to be apologetic.. these are all critical life skills. These skills are not taught with a class or book but taught and acquired through our actions and the actions of others.
Simple exercises like greeting the receptionist at the school when you drop off your child will teach your child the important etiquette of greetings and acknowledgement. Opening the door for an elderly or even a lady, teaches them to be sensitive. Complimenting a friend on their dress or how they look, teaches them to be appreciative of others. Saying please and thank you for the smallest things teaches them gratitude.
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Parents should remember, our kids will mirror image their primary caregiver. Learning starts from the day the child takes their first breath and the first 3 years are critical in their development. From ages 3-6, they form their personality and person. A child’s social-emotional development is as important as their brain and physical development. By developing good life skills, you will develop the child’s sense of who they are, and the quality of relationships they build with others.
“Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see.” ~Neil Postman
