What it Takes to Be a Mom or Dad
|What it Takes to Be a Mom or Dad
Read to your children
Keep your promises
Go for walks together
Let your children help with household projects
Spend time one-on-one with each child.
Tell your children about your own childhood
Go to the zoo, museums, and ball games as a family
Set a good example
Use good manners
Help your children with their homework
Show your children lots of warmth and affection
Set clear, consistent limits
Consider how your decisions will affect your children
Listen to your children
Know your children’s friends
Take your children to work
Open a savings account for college education
Resolve conflicts quickly
Take your children to your place of worship
Make a kite together
Fly a kite together
You get the idea