01-05-2013, 08:12 AM
there's a big difference between raising your children, and teaching them.
Teaching should always be done in a guiding manner, never in an absolute decree of expectations.
As a father who has already raised two sons to maturity, I can tell you from my own experience, which seems to be common, that regardless of what you try to cram down their throats, they will inevitably reach that stage where they will begin to form their own opinions and ideas, usually based upon their peers rather than your influences.
So all of that cramming would have been for naught anyway.
Guide them into maturity by allowing them to consider your guidance as an option rather than a rule.
Teaching should always be done in a guiding manner, never in an absolute decree of expectations.
As a father who has already raised two sons to maturity, I can tell you from my own experience, which seems to be common, that regardless of what you try to cram down their throats, they will inevitably reach that stage where they will begin to form their own opinions and ideas, usually based upon their peers rather than your influences.
So all of that cramming would have been for naught anyway.
Guide them into maturity by allowing them to consider your guidance as an option rather than a rule.