I was reading some read-ups from Faith's new kindergarten and I came across this interesting article "Parents are powerful role models for children". (The article is written by Karen Stephens and it is extracted from ChildCare Information Exchange.)
Here is two short paragraphs I quoted from the article:
"Challenge yourself to identify the positive things you can role model for your kids- things like Happiness, Consideration, Self respect, Patience, Generosity , Self discipline, Diligence, Kindness, Bravery, Compassion. Role model feeding your body with wholesome and nourishing food, expanding your mind with enlightening reading, exercising for physical and mental health, speaking well about yourself and others, and enjoying life with friends and family."
"Children are sensitive and astute with an uncanny ability to distinguish between adults who only talk a good game and those who play the game by the rules they preach."
Many times we just give orders of "to do this" and "not to do that" and expect our kiddos to follow. Do we really role model the values we trying hard to teach? Hmm.. I gotta to be honest to myself and reflect on this.
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