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‘I was “raised”. I didn’t just grow up. I was taught to speak when I enter a room, say please and thank you, to have respect for my elders, to get up off my lazy butt and let the elder in the room have my chair, say “Yes, Sir” and “No, Sir”, lend a helping hand to those in need, hold the door for the person behind me, say excuse me when it’s needed, and to love people for who they are not for what I can get from them. I was also taught to treat people the way I want to be treated.’




lets keep 'raising' our kids, in spite of the world trying to convince us all they should be left to raise themself, their own way


its hard work, and often not supported, but it will be so much better for them and everyone around them in the long run,,,



keep up the good parenting!!!

When you do good parenting they will make good decisions in life.

Not always though

the only absolute is that we all will die

in general, dogs will bark, but not always


and in general, children raised up on a certain path will continue that path

IDK if it's even an accurate generalization. It seems logical though, not so sure about accurate.

There's just too many who have strayed from the path they were raised on.

In general what we put into our children is what they will output though, so IDK.


BTW have you ever heard a dog quack? Of course they bark. :-P jk

I think all you can do is teach your kids the right path to take and each child is different. My parents had 5 kids and all 5 of us are totally different...so each child has their own mind!!!

actually, some yodel

Barking Dogs seldom bites. Dogs and barking are directly related to each other , but amazingly there are some African barkless dog breeds which you may not be aware of but they do exist. These dogs produces a yodel-like sound called as “barroo” and due to this specialty these dogs has often been called with its nickname “Barkless Dog

http://yesiknowthat.com/barkless-dog-basenji/

As a single parent myself, I agree. I was "raised" not left to my own devices. My son has a whole support team all for him, from myself to my sister, bro in law, my mother, and his teacher and aides.

Between all of us, he is growing up as correctly as he is able to.

We show them how to recognize danger, how to be polite and respectful, to be healthy in mind, body and spirit, and to take responsibility for their own actions.

Do they follow the path we set them on? Not always, but prayerfully, they will return to it, and stay on it once they've strayed.

"Some women are out there trying to get a man, or keep a man. I'm trying to RAISE a man..." Jerry McGuire

I agree with klc. Sometimes parents have intuitive connections with their children, and sometimes they don't. It's hard work, as a parent, to make connections with a child that you don't "jive" with naturally. Kudos to those parents that work to parent the way their child needs, not just the way that's comfortable for them!