A kid never listens to what his parents tell him to do. The parents actually act as an example of what their kids themselves do.
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My theory is children don't do what you tell them to do, they do what you do. You have to always do the right thing because they follow you.
Things parents say to children are oftentimes not heard, but in some cases you pick up on things that your parent would like to see you have done.
Some children act as if they thought their parents had nothing to do, but to see them established in the world and then quit it.
I don't claim to know everything about parenting, but I do know parents do their children a disservice by constantly sugarcoating their shortcomings to protect their feelings.
Parents learn the uses of power and its limits. They can insist on certain outward behavior but cannot change inner attitudes. They can require obedience but not goodness - and certainly not love.
Parents don't make mistakes because they don't care, but because they care so deeply.
Parents do not have the courage to say no to certain things that their children demand. They are rather scared of their children.
A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone.
No matter what parents do, kids retain their uniqueness.
Parents are supposed to instill a sense of right and wrong in their children and then keep up the due diligence necessary to make sure they don't veer off that path.
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