As a parent, I feel strongly about...
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... (please fill in what is a priority for you raising your children)
For me, I feel strongly about NOT raising narcissists. I push acknowledgment of feelings and empathy. The “rules” apply to us. We are a part of the community. |
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| Yes, absolutely empathy and community. But just to add a bit of flame, I also feel strongly about about education from birth - narrating, talking, reading, and singing to newborns and infants. Adding rich vocabulary before they can even talk. Early reading and early potty training. |
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| Reducing anxiety or the rat race in my children. I want them to be the best they can be, not compared to... |
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| Not trying to fill every part of their day or trying to entertain them constantly. My young kids can play by themselves for long stretches. It’s great. |
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Love of learning
Education Treating everyone with respect Simple things like learning to swim, ride a bike, ride the bus is mass transit |
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Since this is general, it would be interesting if people specified how old their kids are.
I think the answers will really vary from parents of babies versus teens versus adults. |
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+1. One of the surprise benefits (or lesson for me) of covid. My toddler seems to learn more and be more creative without the classes I thought were so important to his learning. Standing back and watching him find a million uses for a stick in the park has been enlightening! |
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| 10 and 12 year olds. I want them to have a love of learning, appreciation of nature and to be able to enjoy their happiness. |
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A classical education
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| 5 and 8 year olds. I hope for them to find happiness. Part of that will come from finding a solid career so I hope to prepare them for that. |
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| When DS was born it suddenly hit me that it was my job to make sure he didn't grow up to be a mass shooter. May sound strange but it has to do with how serious a responsibility it felt like. Also not a conservative--but I did not criticize him when he voted for George W in his 5th grade class "election". He got over that pretty quickly though. |
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| I wanted my kids to be ordinary, to fit in. But they take after DH and me. They aren't ordinary, they don't fit in. |
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| I want my kids to be generous in every way. Generous with a smile, generous with friendship, generous with their possessions. Just generous. It’s all that truly matters. |
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Empathy, self-love and self-care, communication skills.
Though I think the biggest things I can do to teach this is to model it. I think the world would be better off if we all had this, and I try to live it as much as I can, and fill our lives with people who live it, so that my kid really sees how it works. |
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How do you teach that? How did you learn to teach that? |