February 21, 2025 PARENTAL CREDIBILITY
Being good parents is far from easy. To borrow from Vernon Law's famous quote about Experience, "Parenting is a hard teacher. She gives the test first and the lesson afterward."
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From a child's standpoint, it must be very frustrating to have parents who won't do what they're told, or what is suggested to them. One of the reasons that children take a simplistic view of life is that they have little or no experience. They are like we were at their age; we felt we knew enough to see the flaws in our parent's thinking. Now that we have experienced quite a bit and have a much better understanding of how life really works, we actually are wiser now and better equipped to make important decisions regarding ourselves and our children. One of our biggest challenges is to assume the leadership role without being dictators in every instance. After all, we want our children to feel that their opinions matter. This means that sometimes a little discussion about the reason we made the decision we made is warranted. Along with our parental authority, which we must have, there is this thing called credibility, which we also need to work at establishing with our children. Giving respect to their thoughts and input will go a long way to quit helping us receive the respect we need to have the crucial credibility that makes parenting more effective. Sometimes little reasoning as to why we have made certain decisions can be a great credibility builder. Just make sure your reasoning is sound because some of our children are quite incisive at an early age. We don't actually have to be smarter than they are. It is our wisdom and experience that requires us to assume the leadership role. Please don't ever confuse wisdom with intelligence. As parents, wisdom and experience or what make us the leader. Now you know.
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