For many of us, initially marriage seems like a bed of roses. No expense is spared in planning for the wedding. It has to be perfect to the smallest detail. The honeymoon soon fades away however when kids invade the family space. With kids come headaches and responsibilities. Inevitably the parents always dig up from resources from deep down somewhere they never existed to mould and guide the kids whilst at the same time realize their interests always come second to the needs of the kids.
Guess, that is when the parents just realize like millions of parents all over the world that they just got to carry on until tomorrow. There is no reason to turn back. And when the heavy journey’s done, rest their weary heads and expect nothing in return.
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| From boy swim in river |
Make me a better parent
Teach me to understand my children,
to listen patiently to what they say,
and to answer all their questions kindly
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| From boy swim in river |
Keep me from interrupting them,
talking back to them, and contradicting them.
Make me as courteous to them as I want them to be.
Give me the courage to confess my sins against my children
and to ask their forgiveness
when i know that I have wronged them.
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| From boy swim in river |
May I not hurt the feelings of my children.
Forbid that I should laugh at their mistakes or ridicule them as punishment.
Let me not tempt them them to lie and steal.
Guide me hour by hour that I amy demonstrate
by all I say and do that honesty produces happiness.
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| From boy swim in river |
Blind me to the errors of my children,
and help me to see the good things that they do.
Give me a ready word for honest praise when they do right.
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| From boy swim in river |
Help me to grow up with my children,
and treat them as children and not as adults.
Let me not judge them according to the standards of adult behaviour.
Do not allow me to rob them of the opportunity to wait upon themselves,
to think, to choose, and to make decisions.
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| From boy swim in river |
Forbid that I should ever punish them for my own selfish satisfaction.
May I grant them all their wishes that are reasonable and have the courage always
to withhold a privilege which I know will harm them
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| From boy swim in river |
Make me so fair and just, so considerate and compassionate to my children,
that they will have a genuine esteem for me.
Make me worthy of being loved and imitated by my children.
Parents grow as they groom their children. They become better parents!
No kids coz I am still on honeymoon! LOL
no wonder u r so busy :O
agree with mei, you grow with your kids. =)
Ayie, it is never easy. Whoever says it is easy is bending the truth a little