tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123177477267978833.post5213276429426112605..comments2013-11-13T12:22:46.295-05:00Comments on Blogger Thingie...: "I Don't Owe You a Thing"Gail Tiffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11174019701889400339noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123177477267978833.post-81912150034497154802010-06-06T16:28:46.125-04:002010-06-06T16:28:46.125-04:00We do "owe" our children but it is our t...We do "owe" our children but it is our time, attention and care, not things. That is where parents fall short and kids get soft. So many parents work so much and abdicate raising their children to institutions, all in the name of providing for the family. Family is not defined by stuff but relationship, family is not a house, it is who lives in the home. This young generation is over protected from hard work and we have worked too hard to be sure of that, as if the lessons learned through working, self-disciple and delayed gratification were not valuable in themselves! Gifts we can give as parents that will serve our children for a lifetime. But you can not "tell" a child( and certainly not a teenager) these things, we as parents, must live it and expect it! We don't owe our children stuff or a cushy fall or to fix their mistakes without consquence, what we DO OWE them is a strong foundation of love, time and teaching.krisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123177477267978833.post-50741589651556775042010-06-06T15:36:48.363-04:002010-06-06T15:36:48.363-04:00It seems we have come full circle. I never dreamed...It seems we have come full circle. I never dreamed you would remember things I said. For anyone that would like to learn something about child rearing, find the show on tv called " The Worlds Strickest Parents." It only takes a week for them to straighten them out. It took alot longer for my Dad to straigthen me out. Gail, I just passed on what my dad told me. I love you MomAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02471399975717723925noreply@blogger.com