Be How You Want Your Kids To Be

I dislike it when people get there kids involved in personal problems with someone. I always have and i always will. We have tried really hard not to do that with our kids and i think we have somewhat managed to do that. Our kids i know are always fair and nice to people that we may not like ourselves. That is the way it should be. I admit i have to roll my eyes when i am ignored  or treated badly by kids whos parents may not be a fan of mine. lol. Sorry but its bad parenting. Simple as that. But we have no regrets expecting our kids to be nice to people we may avoid ourselves. lol. We will contine to expect that no matter how we are treated. Its a sign of respect to people. Another form of disrespect i dislike is when parents let there kids be rude to there elders. Ha, Maybe im showing my age on that one. A few weeks ago it was brought to my attention how rude someone was being to someone old enough to be there parent. Not only was that person totally on the wrong path but it was just so rude and i couldnt belive that that person was a parent herself. I remember thinking. OMG is this how she is going to be teaching her own kids. Thats its okay to do this kind of thing and think its funny. What a lesson for them. And wont this just teach them to do the same thing when there old enough? But then that persons parent got involved and well i guess i can see where the patten started there. Explains her behavier. I just think parents (and i know many many of them already know and do this). need to really think more about how they are acting in the outside world and think. Is this what i want my kids doing one day. How you treat people is how your kids will treat people. If you show disrespect to anyone and certainly someone you should have respect for, is this what you want your kids to act one day. Because they will.
I heard a quote many many years ago when i was a young parent. It was.
Your kids are like a savings account. You will get everything back in ten years with interest.
I have always remembered that. I wish i could say i was the perfect parent but im not. That i know. It amazes me everyday how my kids turn out so freaking awesome. Really it does. But one thing we were always firm on was teaching them to respect people and to always be nice to people even if they or there parents was not fond of that person. Im happy to say our kids did learn those things we tried to teach and i can truthfully say they are always nice to everyone they meet.
Wouldnt it be nice if we could all have that respect? But next time a kid or someone is rude just remember. Its possible it was the example they had.