Raising Children

RAISING CHILDREN

Thank You, God, for everything You have given me. Please bless me with patience, knowledge, and tools to best address each situation with each child, enabling them to grow, flourish, and reach their potential as capable, kind, and productive human beings that know how to make good choices for themselves and their communities. Please give me the strength to react in a calm, loving, reassuring, positive manner, yet with the ability to convey the values that I need to convey as a parent. Please help me know when to let go of trivial things and when and how to bring our children closer to You. Please God, keep them safe and healthy of mind, body, and soul.

— Evelyn Katz, Bal Harbour, Florida