Prepare. If you don’t prepare a child to do things on their
own they will always need another’s help. One day you won’t be there for your
children and it would be awful to be worried about them not being able to care
for themselves. How can that child thrive and survive in this world without being prepared?
Teach. This world is full of opinions and the world tries to tell society
what is best; that doesn’t mean it is. We need to teach our children what is
right and wrong because every choice comes with a consequence (whether it's a good
or bad consequence). It is important that we let the natural consequence take
place when teaching children. However, a natural consequence should not take
place when the outcome is too dangerous, could go too far, or affects others. When that
natural consequence does not take place that is when a punishment is given (side
note: the worst punishment is isolation). I feel that parents use punishments more
than the natural consequence but that’s why there are natural consequence, for
us to learn from our mistakes.
Can you think of more purposes of parenting? I would love to hear your thoughts! I am sure that
you can come up with plenty of more outcomes and purposes of parenting but I
thought the two I talked about were most important to me. Thanks for reading, please comment below if you have something to add or expand on!
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