Walking the Walk

"Children need models rather than critics." Joseph Joubert

Little kids are like sponges. I know a particular woman who swears like a sailor, but now that she's a mother she has decided to watch her language. That is a hard habit to break. But how hypocritical to tell your child not to say a "bad word" when he hears it coming out of your mouth. Kids have a strong sense of what is fair and what is not, and it's hard to fool a child because they can see right through you.

Being a parent is an amazing growing experience, because if it's done correctly, your child will help you find your higher self. All of a sudden here's this little person who looks to you for everything, and what you say and what you do and how you interpret the world will influence him greatly.

It's easy to tell the child what to do or what not to do. Quite a bit more difficult to be the kind of person he can look up to. But that's what he really needs.

Susan