Successful Parenting 4

The 4th principle is forgiveness. The book states: “Parents can be an example of forgiveness by forgiving themselves, their spouses, and their children for shortcomings.” They referred to Mosiah 26:31 which says: “And ye shall also forgive one another your trespasses: for verily I say unto you, he that forgiveth not his neighbor’s trespasses when he says that he repents, the same hath brought himself under condemnation.” President Brigham Young taught: “We should set an example that we wish them to imitate. Do we realize this? How often we see parents demand obedience, good behavior, kind words, pleasant looks, a sweet voice and a bright eye from a child or children when they themselves are full of bitterness and scolding! How inconsistent and unreasonable this is!” I remember hearing from my father do as I say not as I do. That does not work. When I watch the children in the Nursery play they pick up the play cell phones that are in there and will walk around with them talking and laughing.

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