A parent's gift to a child...

From a child's point of view...the best gift I have ever received and still receiving it until now from my parents are their Unfathomable & Unconditional LOVE...As their child, I have failed them many times but there wasn't a single moment they turned their back on me.I became who I am because they filled me so much love and out of that love they made the impossible possible. They realized all their obligations and gave me comforts beyond my needs. Their great love for me brought me to where I stand. And this gift I am passing it to my children for I know this will take them a long long way. If I am to provide my children the best education & the best shelter it is all because I love them. And that love can take them farther because they are sure that whatever happens, whether they fail or succeed there is a mother & a father who at all times will comfort them & fill them with so much love and that will give them more courage to move on and be at their own stand. Not all parents who provide their children everything can give their children so much love...I have known some of them in the society where I am in, they sent their children to high standard schools believing that it will give them the pride of being the best provider but forgotten to show love & affection to their children...and where have all their children's gone? Some of them are pains in the society, they turned naive, reckless & careless...because they were brought into this world without the love they needed most. Yes! they studied at the best schools & universities but are they inspired to study knowing that their parents haven't showed them the love they longed for...No greater gift can ever surpass the LOVE of Parents to their Children...Just as the Love of God to his people , PRICELESS...:) Let us all bear in mind whether we are children or parents "THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE HUNGRY FOR A PIECE OF BREAD BUT THERE ARE MANY MORE PEOPLE WHO ARE HUNGRY FOR A PIECE OF LOVE"...

Love and devotion and the absolute best that the parents can offer. That means making sacrifices, not blowing family money on things just for the parents and actually caring enough about the kids to tell them off when they are bad and to give them praise when they are good. Anything else that the parents can offer is just a bonus.

it would be not to give the excuse that we cannot give him what he wants because he has another sibling. i am not a spoiler or something but i think it had been unfair and it is unfair for parents to continue reproducing when they can barely afford a child. depriving a child of anything be it from material possessions, care, love or discipline because parents have other children to care for, is for me, irresponsible.

My first thought of this was the gift of love from a parent to a child. Now i am thinking of a much better gift. i would give my child the gift of wisdom. Wisdom can take you places you have never dreamed of. Don't we all just want a beter world for our children?

Hi Tom, You are right, the best gift that parents can give to his/her child would be an "education" my parents don't have something more precious than let me choose my own career with their support let me complete my education.And I'm so happy and thankful for my parents giving me an opportunity to finished my education. Good day Tom!

Yeah I totally agree with you... I would also give education because with that comes so many more opportunities in life, and the need to know whatever is to be known

the one gift i can give my three children is pure love. to love them for who they are, not who i want them to be. to love them with my heart and soul and not my head. to love them enough to allow them to make mistakes and find their own way. to love them so much i will have to let them go and create their own lives. to love them so they will come to me if they need something. Love is the greatest gift of all

it has been taught by our parents to us and even the school taught us that it is indeed education is the best thing that parents can give them to their children. even how hard for them to earn money just to make sure that they are enrolled in the following school year or semester. and this is also my only gift, the best thing that i am able to think of, education. i have nothing as a man, but this is the only thing that i can give them as inheritance.

you are right, education is a gift that is very necessary and very useful for a child. with children's education will become a better person and not easily duped people. Parents shall give their children education. without education, the child will become useless, and worse will be a gullible person.

I will give him values in life, if he understand the value of everything he will never underestimate someone in his life, he will never take someone for granted, whether old or young he will forever understand their importance in life.

for me, unconditional love and education. my parents gave me the best education they can afford, and i am very thankful for that. i added unconditional love too, meaning i will be there for my children no matter what, and not asking anything in return. i know of some who give things to their kids or take care of them but later on in life they get back at their children by saying things like "you should do this for me or be thankful to me or you should give this to me because i raised you and i gave you things etc etc." nice discussion topic! cheers and happy myLotting!

That's what I'm thinking also aside from being a very good and loving mother. I'd like to teach him good values but if there is something more I could give to them, it is through a good future by sending them to a reputable school and let them finish their degree so they could have a good life ahead.

yah you're right.. me also, i will give my child (in the future) a precious gifts that I can ever give.. and that will be a good education and an everlasting love..

Education is the best gift to us and as a child studying hard is also our best give to our parents because it is only the way we can show them how much we appreciate their efforts on working hard just for us..

while an education is very important, i think another gift that is importance is tolerance for other people