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Monday, November 4, 2013

Man versus values


I come from a family were values are a matter of fact. You eat with knife and fork. You do not sit down at the table before father sits down. You do not hang with your elbows on the table. You ask if you can have a second helping. You do not talk with your mouth full. If you wanted to leave the table, you ask for permission. To make your own bed was totally normal.
My parents were wonderful people and they were so right, as a child you need to learn the difference between dealing with adults and dealing with their friends.

Children Rules:
Children cannot call their parents by their first names, Children do not scream at their parents and children do not criticize their parents. Parents are not your friends, they are your parents. Parents must teach children how to survive in their own lives. Parents must coach children to be able to live a respectable life in society. Children must know that when they leave their parents house that they will be ready and responsible for their own actions.

Children Rules:
As a child your parent’s house is not your house, you do not own the house, your parents do. The house you live in is your home. Everything in your parent’s house belongs to your parents, it is not yours. You must have respect for your parent’s belongings so you can learn to have respect for your own and other people’s belongings.

It is a honor to be a father and to have children who call you Dad. The day you first child is born, your name has been changed forever, even your wife calls you daddy. The road you embark on is not an easy road. There are no books to tell exactly how to be a good father. The only way to stay on this road is to be honest with yourself, your wife and your children. Your wife and children trusting you from the day your children are born. You cannot break that trust.
Raising children is a day to day journey every day is different. From the time your child takes the first step, say the first word and goes to school for the first time, is not only an achievement for the child it is indeed also an achievement for the parents. For parents these are unforgettable times and will be told to family and friends many times over. As the first few years gone by so fast you sometimes forget to adjust to your child’s magnificent progress. In the first few years they learn more and get more impressions than in the rest of their whole lives. The must learn to talk, learn to walk and to discover new things every single day. Do not push your child beyond their limits, let they take their time and enjoy their new discovering's. Love your children; you cannot over spoil your children with love.

Learn from your children they can teach you real live lessons about unconditional love, trust and honor. Give your children pets like a dog, a cat, rabbits, birds or any other animal they fall in love with. For children to be with pets is the ultimate character building. They should learn how to take care of them, how to feed them and where they should stay. The will learn true love, empathy and sadness while caring for an animal.

Teach your child to read at an early age, if you can manage that they enjoy reading, half their education will be a piece of cake. Let them read different kind of books for their age. Adventure books, story books, and also true stories. It gives them an advantage by the time they reach high school.
As a father you need to be there when your children going through their education, it is important to follow up on their progress. Do not leave them on their own. Praise them when they perform and guide them when the fail.

If you are the best father in the world, you also will be the best husband in the world. You than embark on a beautiful road where your wife and your children will be stable and well adjusted. Your wife cannot do all these things on her own. Your family needs your input and firm hand.
Let’s drink to all the wonderful fathers in the world.



For you!


7th Heaven.

¾ ounce Seagram’s® 7 Crown Whiskey
½ ounce Amaretto
4 ounces orange juice

Combine in an ice cube-filled highball glass.
Garnish with orange slice.









For your wife. 


Absolute® Heaven 
1 ½ ounces Absolute® Mandarin
Pineapple juice
Cranberry juice

Fill with pineapple juice and add a splash of cranberry juice.
Shake and serve over ice.


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