ADVICE RATING |
 5.00 (Highly recommend) from 6 votes (49 Visits) |
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by MEGarcia  (June 2008) (rank 500+) |
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People, that know me and my kids often ask. "how did you do it", You see I am a single mom and I worked everyday 8 hours a day. My children are very polite and honest, when I asked them to do something they do it no questions asked.
I think the way I did things was not letting them get away with anything and always keeping on top of them, as far as school work, relationships and most important having the gospel in the home. We have a regular family dinner every night and dinner time we put aside to catch up with our day. This keeps me involved and on top of thing, I know my children like the palm of my hand I know when they had a bad day or when they are just not in the mode to talk about things., another thing that I know worked with raising them is that I would take time and play game and sports with them no matter how tired or fustrated I was., with this I help them develop energy and also to be physical, also they have computer games that I aslo sit and play with them even if I dont know what I am doing. basically I gave them all of my time and energy and all the love a mother can give, I never put my self first, I always put them first, and now that they are grown and some are teens, they help me around the house they cook for me they clean for me and they take care of me when I am hurting they also give me my space when I need it. I still put them first and I will always put them first. two of my children are now married and my son is getting ready to become a father and I know that he is going to be a great father., I know I raised him well enough to be an exellent parent. and well I can pad my self on the back for a great job I have done.
