How to raise a good child?

Philippines
September 15, 2010 8:57am CST
Now a days,with the fast pace of our way of living and the technology around us,raising a child has became more hard than during the old times. Some parents, even our grannies finds it scary on how kids can be as they grow up. Kids are more intelligent,curios and can easily adopt in their surroundings. What do you think parents should do about it?
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• Philippines
20 Oct 10
It's hard to tell what should parents do for their children specially these days where everything has evolve to a more unique and high tech civilization. Most of the time, couple usually take it light having children, most think raising a child is easy as long as you have money. Well money isn't the only thing children needs. Even if almost everybody think that money can buy everything, guess what? Money can't buy good attitudes, good moral, spiritual aspects and so many other. I always believe that everything a child does, wherever, whenever, it always reflects to the parents. It always comes back to the parents and there are no other person to be blamed but the parents. Believe me everything your child has become is all parents fault. So for me telling the right way or proper way of raising a child is so hard. Just like now that i'm still not married but hoping soon to be and of course i dream to have my own children at the right time, i'm always afraid that i might do it wrong. I can say i'm still in the process of learning from my parents, friends, on the proper way of raising a child. So i guess all i can say right now is everyone makes mistakes, so if some parents made a mistake in raising their child it is not too late in correcting it. Maybe they won't be able to re-align the path their child has gone through but at least show them the proper way even if they intend not to take it, because parents should always think that they are the guides to their children's future.
@ktmatunog (912)
• Philippines
16 Sep 10
There is no perfect parents for there is no perfect human in this world and because children have different temperaments and personalities too. They have some common needs even though they are different from each other. The Want/ Desire. Every Child has to grow up with the feelings of being loved and wanted. Without a mother, a child may have an emotional disturbance throughout life, struggling to know if he or she is unlovable. The Care/Concern. Every child needs a mom to be healthy and to be stable adults soon. They need a mom who has time for them. Talking and listening with understanding the children’s feelings and hopes meets the needs of their hearts. This is more important than material things you provide them everyday in this world. Surrender/Submission to God. Every child needs to know God even from an early age. Children are gifts from Him and should be returned in His love. Just like Hannah dedicated her son,Samuel to God in the temple. They belong to Him and they should know it. Good children are raised by good parents. Good parents want, care and surrender their children to God.
@tkonlinevn (6427)
• Vietnam
16 Sep 10
You're right. It's difficult to care children nowadays while we must both work in office and work for house. I think that children are provided full the best conditions to study and playing. We only need to following them and giving them the necessary advices. Children are very intelligent and independence now. They don't like to be cared cautious.
• Philippines
15 Sep 10
There are no guaranties that you can raise a good child, especially nowadays because of the influences of their friends. The generation now is more adventurous to the point that they experiment everything. The things the parents might do is to pray hard and befriend their child. Make an open conversation so that they will know that they are being cared for and to continue guiding them as they grow older