Your Family Matters

Family Matters - I believe that with all my heart. How you raise and teach your children not only influences their lives, but impacts all of society!! (No pressure)!

Lets face it - the world can be a scary place! And in these trying times, making your family stronger is more important than ever.

At a time when parents feel like they’re losing their influence and grasp on their children, most of the answers are simple and can be found right at home.

I believe that if every family would strengthen its ties many, if not all of the problems in our society would, over time, be obliterated.

How can your family be better and stronger? It takes time, dedication and unselfishness from you, the parent. Your Family Matters.

Your family matters enough for you to:

• read to your child(ren)
• have the courage to say “NO!” at times

I love the saying, “When a child is allowed to do absolutely as he pleases, it will not be long until nothing pleases him.” (Anon.).

• create meaningful family traditions
• make home a place where your children want to be
• have Family Dinner together every night
• teach your children to work – and work with them
• support their interests
• talk with, not at them
• listen
• say “I love you” often

(Taken from 10 Parenting Tips)

Your family matters enough for you to teach them respect, selflessness, manners, service for others – that it is truly better to given than receive.

And guess where they need to learn all of this? From YOU. Your time spent with them and your example to them is the best ways to teach and strengthen your family.

“It's not only children who grow. Parents do too. As much as we watch to see what our children do with their lives, they are watching us to see what we do with ours. I can't tell my children to reach for the sun. All I can do is reach for it, myself.” (Joyce Maynard)

Eat together, play together, work together and give service to someone else together. This is the kind of “quality time” that will make a difference.

Our nation and world are full of selfishness, greed and meanness. Your children need a safe-haven, a sanctuary to escape to when these pressures are too much.

Let it be your home.

Make home a place where they know they are loved, listened to and valued. Show them that you have time for them.

If you don’t find time for your children, they will find someone or something else that has time for them. And it may not be someone or something you would approve of.

We can’t solve all of the world’s problems, but we can take control of our own families. It takes time, dedication and unselfishness from you, the parent.

Your Family Matters.

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