What is the most important lesson you would like to teach your children? Are their life lesson's you were raised with that you would like to pass on? If so, what are they? And what about life lessons or siutations you were raised in that you would do everything in your power so that your children would not have to experience the same thing?
Christie Johnson (11:00)
17 comments:
The most important lesson I have taught my child was that family is the one thing in his life that will never end. That is the life lesson I learned and have treasured all my life and was able to pass on to my son. Another thing, I tried to teach my son was that no matter how the word no is used, it still means no and you must listen with his ears and heart and mind. Being involved in every aspect of his life whether or not he wanted me there was significant in him knowing that no matter what I would always be there for him and hopefully I could prevent him from making lifelong mistakes that could influence the rest of his life. Linda Francis
I think at this time in my life the most important lesson I would like to pass on to my daughter would be to treat others as you want to be treated, or better! I read an email that said be nicer to people that are mean because they need it the most, and I beleive it! I think we forget how sensitve people are , or simply forgetting that we all have feelings. We need to bring back kindness to the world, it's really so easy to give a smile or a kind word, and it's well worth it! It's sad how when something negative happens it gets spread around like a wild fire, yet when an act of kindness happens less people hear about it. Alot of times people don't know how to be nice so we should consider ourselves teaches of kindness and keep the love going! Amy Soneson
The most important lesson I would like to pass on is that family is the one thing when growing up. When I was in high school, I had to watch my grandma with my sister and brother everyday. I thought it was a good idea because she lived long enough to see us graduate. Family is always there when you may need someone to talk to. I hang around mostly with my sister since we are twins and that we watch out for each other for what could happen.
third comment was sent by Katrina Burkhardt
The life lesson i'd like to teach my children is, always be yourself. Dont try to act like other people to be cool. Wear what you wanna wear, and always keep a good head on your shoulders. Be cool, dont start crap with people, and try not to hate someone because your friends say their weird. I had that come up, and i played football with the people that i'd never really talk to. Either i didnt fit into their "click" , or i seemed weird to them. But after awhile we all got to know each other and trust each other. We all leaned on each other and counted on everyone to do their job. When everything worked, we celebrated, and had so much fun together. After that we always had respect for each other. So at my school i always had friends where ever i went. I got along with everyone, and tried to keep it that way.
Justin crowley
I always want my son to know that his family is there for him no matter what. He might get into situations that his friend can't help him maybe not even me but I will always be there for him, his friends will more than likely turn their back on him or backstab him. The only bad thing about trying to not let him go down the same path as I did, sometimes you can't always keep them out of harms way the only way you can learn is by making the mistakes and learning from them. I will do my best to try to keep him from doing any wrong.
Jennifer J
The most important lesson I could teach my child is that their is no such thing as "perfect". Many people, including myself, struggle with perfectionism and it can make your life a living roller coaster of highs and lows. Knowing that their is no way to get or do everything right would help my kid to be a more relaxed, low stress person. Hopefully with my history I could teach them that having something go wrong is not the end of the world, and that everyone makes mistakes; it's best not to dwell on them.
Also I would never want my child to do what I did in high school and that was not doing my best to get good grades. I would urge them to make sure all their homework got done, because when I was a kid I didnt know how important my grades were to my future. If I could prevent them from anything it would be getting bad grades in high school.
-Patrick Larson-
RESPECT. the one thing that kids need to know is how to respect other people. Respect will get you far in life. respect lets your child know how to traet people that they dont know. If your child has no idea of what respect is they will never make friends and will never be respected by anyone.
Jeremy miller
There are several lessons I would like to teach my children. I want to teach them the value of hard work, respect, and life itselg. I want my kids to have to work for what they want in life - if they want a car, they get a job and buy one. I would help with some gas money and insurance, but they would have to make the effort to get one. I want my kids to treat everyone the same...with respect. I don't care how old someone is or how much my kids don't like them, they need to treat them with respect because they are fellow human beings and deserve to be treated right. And lastly I want them to learn that life is about living and not about material things. They need to enjoy life, no matter how much money they make, how big of a house they own, or what car they drive. I would just want my kids to live their lives as best they could by working hard for what they want, giving everyone respect, and not caring about the things that don't matter like money and materials.
Nigel Knop.
I think that the most important thing you can teach your kids is how have realtionships. to do this you need to be a good example to your children. This is the greatest gift you can give your kids!!!! Your example of a loving relationship is the template upon which your children’s future relationships will be built. This does not mean you have to have a perfect relationship to show your kid/kids how to do it. It is far more valuable to show your kid/kids how people deal with disappointment, hurt feelings, anger, misunderstandings and conflict in a loving relationship.
Amanda Borders
The most important lesson i could ever teach my kids would be that know matter how bad today is there is always tommorow. I think if they knew this the would always have hope that things will turn out better eventually and maybe even not to give up on something because you might be able to do it later. Then another life lesson i would teach them is to be considerate of everyone but stand up for yourself too.
James Butler
I think the most important lesson that i would like to teach my kids is work ethic. I have seen to many people in my short life not have a work ethic and that really makes me mad. as a part owner in a farm, i hate it when people say that they are hard workers and come to find out that they are the laziest people known to man. People with a good work ethic will suceed in life and have somethhing to show for it when they retire. I know that is one thing my parents have taught me and i will never forget. I remember when i was a feshman in high school and i was one of the only kids working at that age. I know to some people that this is early to start working but i was raised working on a farm where things have to be done.
Phillip Poppe
The most important lesson I would teach my child while growing up is hatred and racism. I haven't really badly experienced racism nor hatred, but i'm sure it's to come. I also don'y have any kids yet so there will be plenty more thngs I will experience throughout my life that I can school them on. Me as a person I don't want my child growing up the wrong way, and making the same mistakes that I made or seeing other mistakes that different people made.
WILLIE TANNER
The most important lesson I am teaching my children are respect and good manners. This is one area, I believe has slipped through the cracks for many parents and children. I see daily the disrespect younger children have for adults, parents, and other children. There are children who don't even respect their teachers, causing confrontations in classes or in the communities. There are many important life lessons I feel my children will have, ie. loyalty to family, education, respect of other people's views/beliefs, not to judge people. This list could go on and on, because I will always value the lessons I have learned life. It is very important to be flexible and diverse with people. I hope my children will grow up to become good outstanding people in society.
Cheri A
The lessen I am going to try to teach my children is to be a hard worker. I feel that you have to work hard for what you want. There is much more of a gatification in it that way too. Things dont come cheap in this world and to get them work has to be done and it wont always be easy.
Josh Kaufman
some lessons i think should be taught are to be independent, respect, and Good manners.
Nolberto
I would Want to know how important the learning process is. Learning is unending, you learn something new everyday. I would want my children to have the same thirst for knowledge as I have. Even if they were to grow up to have different views as me, I would want them to research well. As your learning process becomes better defined, you acquire good ethics. I would want my children to make that climb. I would want my children to know about some of the individuals I have idolized through my life. When I was a child, walter Payton was one of my idols. When he donated his lambourgini for a good cause, I realized something. I learned some things are more important, than owning a really cool car. When Walter Payton passed away because he hadn't gotten a liver donor in time; I went right out and became an organ donor. I learned a lot from: Mahatma Gandhi, Che Guevara, Joe Hill, Woody Guthrie, Cesar Chavez, George Washington Carver,Bill Moyers, and Martin Luther King. I would want my children to know about them, even if they didn't find them influential. There are some books that I have read in my life, that I would want my children to have at least read in theirs. I would want my children to understand the importance of history. Whether they are great triumphs or mistakes, we can learn valuable lessons from them. I foresee a problem with putting mistakes in history in the limelight.
The importance of family is something I will pass on to my children. Keeping in touch with family is very important. Knowledge of our ancestors is very important to pass on. It should be a group project, but everyone should partake in geneology. Being able to visit your ancestors is a privilege, and should be reinforced. Our elders have a lot of knowledge. They must learn to take advantage of that. I would want to teach my children that communication should not have a generation gap. I would want them to be able to communicate with people older than them. This is one thing that my father had taught me. I am able to talk to someone from a different generation comfortably. Many peole are not comfortable talking to elders.
There are many mistakes we have all made, that would want to protect our children from. The problem is, that we can't guard our children from all situations. Children have to learn from thier mistakes also. In some cases, that may be the best for them. One thing I would want to teach my children is, it's alright to make a mistake,but what you learn from it is what's important. All children become teenagers, where they are bound to make mistakes. If they learn not to repeat their mistakes they will be better off. It's one thing to say that I'm going to do all this, It's another to actually do it. It will be quite a task to do all this, But I'm looking forward to it.
Aaron Peters
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