TIP OF THE WEEK- By Lillian Reekie TIP 18- As parents we are both the teacher and the student. Be ready for your lessons!

TIP OF THE WEEK- By Lillian Reekie
TIP 18-
As parents we are both the teacher and the student.
Be ready for your lessons!
Our role as parents are to guide our children, to encourage and support them from toddler to adult. It is about allowing them to experience life and make decisions and choices that affect them (which are age appropriate). It is about teaching them by example; love, tolerance, integrity, acceptance, respect, cooperation and many of the values important for a well balanced life.
It is also about letting go of only being the teacher and being open to also being the student. Today’s children have so many lessons for us and we too must be willing to be open and ready to learn from them. Our children chose us as parents and for that we must be so grateful and embrace the lessons they were sent to teach us.
So keep your eyes and mind open for those lessons, allow your relationship with your children to include being both the teacher and the student!