- Teach your children to love from the heart, not just from the mind.
- Believe in them and reach them to teach to believe in themselves.
- Be flexible, not rigid. Set rules, but not too many.
- Listen to your children, you will be surprised how much they can teach you.
- Make God your partner in bringing them up ( after all, He had a role, too, in giving them to you.)
- Teach them to be self-confident.
- Teach them to have the courage to follow their dreams.
- Allow them to grow and become what they are meant to be, not what you picture them to be.
- To bring them up right, spend more time and less money on them.
- Teach values such as honesty, integrity, patience, and self- control gradually and steadily, that too, by your own example.
- Praise them openly and often, reprove secretly and seldom; reprimand the bad behaviour of your children.
- Teach them self-esteem and self- confidence ( something they will carry for the rest of their lives).
- Restrict television watching and recreation time. Keep a watch on your children's company.
- Maintain a happy and loving home environment.
- Give a lot of your time to your children, both quality and quantity.
- Make humour and laughter a part of your relationship with children.
- Allow the children to grow and learn through the mistakes they make.
- Hug and show feelings of love whenever possible.
- Communicate gently but clearly and firmly to get your point across.
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