Priority 2: Standards
By:Dennis Rainey
If you think about it, there are dozens of things you will
teach your children over the years.
If you think about it, there are dozens of things you will
teach your children over the years.
When Barbara and I
began parenting, we began developing a list that
eventually became 40 Things We
Want to Teach our
Children.
began parenting, we began developing a list that
eventually became 40 Things We
Want to Teach ourChildren.
And from this list you develop standards--how
you want your children to treat each other, how they will
respect you s their parents, etc.
Many parents haven't talked clearly about these
standards.
you want your children to treat each other, how they will
respect you s their parents, etc.
Many parents haven't talked clearly about these
standards.
If you have teenagers, for example, have you
and your spouse talked about dating, driving, jobs,
grades, curfews, friends, and after-school activities?
The list seems endless at times.
and your spouse talked about dating, driving, jobs,
grades, curfews, friends, and after-school activities?
The list seems endless at times.
We promise this:
If you
don’t nail down your own convictions ahead of time, your
teenager and his peer group will establish their own!
don’t nail down your own convictions ahead of time, your
teenager and his peer group will establish their own!
If
you have not agreed as a couple upon guidelines (specific
boundaries and standards for your child during pre-teen
and teen years), your child will soon hit you with the
divide-and-conquer strategy.
you have not agreed as a couple upon guidelines (specific
boundaries and standards for your child during pre-teen
and teen years), your child will soon hit you with the
divide-and-conquer strategy.
Children are experts on
whether dad or mom is the easy touch on certain issues.
whether dad or mom is the easy touch on certain issues.
continue for 7 Priorities for Great Parenting
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