Successful Parenting 5

The 5th principle is Respect. The book states: “Family members are to learn to respect one another. Parents and children can learn to treat each other with courtesy and tenderness, holding each other in highest esteem. Parents should try to eliminate critical thoughts and words about each other and about their children.” Margaret S. Lifferth, past First Counselor in the Primary General Presidency stated: “Ask yourself these questions: Am I an example of respect in my home by the way I treat those I love the most? What is my demeanor during a sports event? If my child has a disagreement with a teacher, coach, or peer, do I listen to both sides of the issue? Do I show respect for the property of others as well as take care of my own? How do I respond to others with whom I disagree in matters of religion, lifestyle, or politics?” If we don’t show respect to others, how are our children supposed to show respect? I remember one time watching our children when we were shopping; they were touching everything in sight. Then I paid attention to the way I was picking up things to look at them closer. Then I made a conscious effort to tell our children that we should look with our eyes and not with our hands because these things did not belong to us.

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