Success Habits For Dummies by Dirk Zeller

Author:Dirk Zeller [Zeller, Dirk]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
ISBN: 9781119508854
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2015-05-07T00:00:00+00:00

Being a Successful Parent

There are tens of thousands of books on parenting. There are parenting classes, systems, and strategies. The greatest influence on your parenting style, however, is how your parents parented. You had parents who either were an example to follow or a warning on how not to do things. While I sympathize with the many who grew up in “warning” households, you are the one who can use that firsthand knowledge of what not to do. You are the one who can break what is likely a cycle of negative. It’s common for the negative cycle to carry forward for generations. I want to encourage you and implore you to decide here and now to break the cycle!

Most of us go through life without a plan. That is especially true with regards to parenting. Frequently, we have dreams for our children. We have hopes that they do well in school so that they can go to college and become a doctor, attorney, or some other profession. We want them to do something in life that they enjoy but will also provide a better lifestyle than we have achieved.

Our plan for a successful family and being a successful parent goes well beyond the hope and wish category. It starts with determining what are the important values, attributes, and skills for a successful life.

What is the most important characteristic you want your children to adopt and learn?

What would be in the top five?

What skills do you want them to learn?

What values do you want them to stand for?

Above all else, what do you want them to know and feel from you?

What do you want to protect them from?

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