June 2020 Vol 12. No 3

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LITTLE GEMS

We love our parents and we appreciate every single sacrifice that has been made for us but it’s important that parents also see things from the children’s point of view.

LITTLE GEMS

having to think of consequences. Appropriate discipline should be given to every wrong action of a child.

Overprotection Parents need to stop babying their children. At some point your child is going to grow up to be an adult and if you keep babying them even into adulthood, the chances of them

every little thing they do wrong. Most

surviving will be very slim. Experience

children won’t learn and may even

is the best teacher and even though I

start to resent you for it.

understand that the way the world is, no one would want their child to face

Another thing I’ve noticed is the

any adversity, adversity will always

habit of name calling. There are some

come one way or the other. I’ve always

or an engineer to make money. If your

in a day! Please don’t discourage your

names you just don’t call a child even

said that if you trust the training you’ve

child comes to you and tells you he or

children. And children please don’t

if it’s out of anger. There’s immense

given your child then you should

she wants to be a fashion designer,

waste your parents efforts on you. It’s

power in the tongue and whatever

trust their ability to be independent

don’t discourage them. Don’t try to

not easy to pay school fees or music

you profess will come to pass. Names

and make decisions for themselves.

push them to do what they don’t have

club fees.

such as stupid, idiot, useless, mad,

Parents are there to guide children not

any desire to do. What if you’re pushing

crazy and so on need to be stopped

limit them or help them live their lives.

them away from the path God wants

We love our parents and we appreciate

and not just because of the power of

It doesn’t work that way. Parents need

them to take? Money is very important

every single sacrifice that has been

the tongue, but because children listen

to give their children space to grow

but it should be about the money alone.

made for us but it’s important that

and will ultimately start using the

and let them make certain decisions

It should be about the skill your child

parents also see things from the

same language.

themselves.

possesses and how that skill would

children’s point of view. Parents were

propel them towards the future. Don’t

children once and we implore them

Not disciplining a child at all is also

Discouraging Children

tell your children not to do what they

to please understand where we’re

very wrong because you’re basically

The millennial generation is a very

want because the money they will gain

coming from. Thank you. gw

telling that child that what they did is

creative generation. These days you

won’t be much. It might not be much

right and they can do it again without

don’t have to be a doctor or a lawyer

at the beginning but Rome wasn’t built

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