| Teaching Your Childrenby: Michelle Ruble | | | | worth it. I would come home and as I was fixing |
| Do you think it is ok for your child to pick on | | | | supper tell my husband about what a jerk my |
| someone that is different? Do you think it is ok | | | | boss was. Not thinking the whole time the kids |
| for children to tell their parents what to do? Do | | | | were coming in and out of the kitchen during my |
| you think it is ok for children to be disrespectful | | | | little tempers tantrums. |
| to people? Do you think it is ok for your child to | | | | They heard mommy say things that where not |
| talk badly about someone? | | | | very nice. It is a good thing that I do not use |
| I think most of us would say no to all of these | | | | curse words or I can image what they would be |
| questions. Have you ever stopped to think how | | | | saying at school. |
| much of this comes from you the parents? Now | | | | So what did I just teach my children? Well, it is ok |
| let us not get into a hoof. I am just as guilty as | | | | to talk about people, it is ok not to forgive people |
| anyone of doing these things and not really | | | | that do mean or bad things to us, it is ok for |
| thinking about it. | | | | mommy to do the things that I have told them |
| So does it mean that my children learned to be | | | | not to do. I am sure I could go on, but you get |
| bad from me? Well, I hate to say it but yes, | | | | the idea. |
| some of it they do get from me. Because I am | | | | I am sure I could think of an example for all of |
| their first teacher. All parents are their children's | | | | the above questions if I put my mind to it |
| first teacher. Wow, that is heavy and a lot of | | | | unfortunately. However, I won't. |
| responsibility. | | | | The point is God has given us as parents a great |
| Here is an example of how I influence my children. | | | | responsibility. The most difficult job in the world is |
| Have you ever had a boss or someone that you | | | | raising children. However, he has given us a |
| just could not get a long with no matter how | | | | handbook to help us on the tough and challenging |
| hard you try? I had a boss that would cause | | | | journey, the Bible. I have found myself looking for |
| conflict between the staff. He would tell one | | | | answers that the world cannot answer, but he |
| person one thing, then tell someone else the | | | | can, if you choose to let him. |
| exact opposite just to show that he was in | | | | I know I am far from perfect, but at least I have |
| control. He had no respect for women or any one | | | | a guide to help me to work on improving myself |
| for that matter. The morale was not very good | | | | so, I can be the best parent I can. We are to |
| to put it mildly. Luckily, God blessed me by | | | | strive to be like Jesus Christ and as long as I |
| allowing me to quit. I loved my job and most of | | | | strive to be like Jesus, then I know I will be |
| the people I worked with but the abuse was not | | | | teaching my children to be kind, giving, and caring. |