Wise Wise parents parents

never trynever tryto to

convince convince kids that kids that

their their decisions decisions are fair.are fair.

Wise parents do not pay kids Wise parents do not pay kids for completing their chores.for completing their chores.

Wise Wise parents parents don’t don’t

dignify dignify the the

ridiculousridiculousby by

offering offering factualfactual

informatioinformation.n.

There’s There’s nothing nothing

wrong with wrong with a child a child that anthat anarguing arguing parent parent

can’t make can’t make worse.worse.

WiseWise parents parents

know thatknow thattheir their

children children will will

someday someday choose choose their their

nursing nursing homehome

for them.for them.

Wise Wise parents parents

know that know that character character

and and responsibiliresponsibili

tytyare more are more

important important than good than good

grades.grades.

Kids either Kids either find love find love

and and understandiunderstandi

ng ng at home, or at home, or they find it they find it

in in gangs - cults gangs - cults

- sex.- sex.

Wise parents give guidance while Wise parents give guidance while keeping responsibility for the keeping responsibility for the

problem squarely on the child’s problem squarely on the child’s shoulders.shoulders.

Wise Wise parents parents know know

that kids that kids only only

threaten threaten to starve to starve

themselvesthemselves. .

If not, there If not, there wouldwouldbe no be no

adults on adults on earth.earth.

Wise Wise parents parents never never

allow their allow their child’s child’s

words to words to gaingain

shock shock value.value.

Saying Saying “No” “No” to a to a

$200.00$200.00pair of pair of

sneakers sneakers does notdoes notconstitutconstitut

e e child child

abuse.abuse.

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Don’t addict kids to things Don’t addict kids to things they won’t be able to afford they won’t be able to afford

when they leave home.when they leave home.

Parents Parents who who

constantly constantly trytry

to be the to be the ““brick brick wall” wall” soonsoonhave have

many many battle battle scars.scars.

Wise Wise parents parents

don’t allow don’t allow themselvethemselve

s to be s to be drawn intodrawn into

battles battles over their over their

kid’skid’sbody body

language.language.

Wise Wise parents parents

encourageencouragetheir kids their kids

to go to go ““first class” first class”

on their on their own own

money.money.

Strong family relationships and good Strong family relationships and good parenting are more powerful and parenting are more powerful and

longerlonger lasting than peer pressure.lasting than peer pressure.

Parents are Parents are wise to wise to worryworry

about the about the kind of kind of

educationeducationtheir kids are their kids are

gettinggettingon the on the

Internet.Internet.

There are There are no things no things

more more powerful powerful

than quiet, than quiet, loving,loving,or silly or silly

moments moments between usbetween us

and our and our kids.kids.

The only The only throne a throne a

childchildshould sit onshould sit on

is in theis in thebathroom.bathroom.

Kids feel Kids feel safer and safer and

more more loved when loved when

Mom and Mom and DadDadare are

queen and queen and king in a king in a loving, loving,

gentle way.gentle way.

Parental Parental anger and anger and frustration frustration

feedfeedmisbehaviomisbehavio

r.r.

EmpathEmpathy opens y opens

the the mindmindand and

heart to heart to learninglearning

..

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Wise parents Wise parents wait untilwait until

they are calm they are calm and have aand have asolid plan solid plan

Before Before delivering delivering

consequenceconsequences.s.

Wise Wise parents parents

know thatknow thatkids will kids will only use only use guilt on guilt on

their their parents if parents if it works.it works.

Wise Wise parents parents never never

allow guilt allow guilt to guideto guide

their their parenting.parenting.

Wise parents never waste their Wise parents never waste their words trying to talk their kids into words trying to talk their kids into

caring.caring.

Children Children who learn who learn

thatthattemper temper

tantrums tantrums work work

become become adults who adults who

useusethem often.them often.

The only The only person person

who canwho cancalm an calm an angry angry

person is person is that that angry angry

person.person.

While in While in the heat the heat

of of emotion, emotion,

it’s a it’s a very very poor poor time time

to make to make decisiondecision

s.s.

Wise parents know that the best Wise parents know that the best way to way to

get kids to dislike each other is to get kids to dislike each other is to force force

them to shakethem to shake hands and apologize.

Wise parentsWise parents know know

that yelling, that yelling, ““Stop Stop

fighting!”fighting!” is about as is about as effective as effective as fighting fires fighting fires

with a with a squirt gun.squirt gun.

There is no There is no case of case of siblingsibling

rivalry that rivalry that won’t be won’t be

mademadeworse by worse by parental parental anger,anger,

frustration,frustration, or worry.or worry.

Control is a lot like love andControl is a lot like love andrespect. The more we give,respect. The more we give,

the more we receive.the more we receive.

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The more The more kids are kids are

able able to control to control

adults, adults, the more the more

out of out of control control they feelthey feel--and are.--and are.

Wise Wise parents parents

recognize recognize ““guilt trips”guilt trips” from their from their kids, and kids, and

they never they never give into give into

this type of this type of manipulatiomanipulatio

n.n.

Not Not getting getting one’s one’s

way is way is good good

practice practice forfor

adult adult life.life.

Children Children who are who are always always

protected protected from from being being upsetupset

become become always always upset upset adults.adults.

Never reason with a drunk, or withNever reason with a drunk, or with a child who is drunk on emotions.a child who is drunk on emotions.

Wise Wise parents parents

know that know that in in

boredom boredom are the are the seedsseeds

of of creativity.creativity.

Wise parents allow their kids to get Wise parents allow their kids to get bored, and then help them channel bored, and then help them channel

this feeling into creative this feeling into creative discoveries.discoveries.

The more The more we we

entertain entertain kids, the kids, the

more they more they will will

Start to Start to believe believe

that they that they need to be need to be entertaineentertaine

d.d.

The ability The ability to tolerateto tolerateboredom boredom

and to and to entertainentertain

oneself are oneself are essentialessentiallife skills.life skills.

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When When kids kids

cause a cause a problem,problem,hand it hand it back. back. Hand it Hand it backbackin a in a

loving, loving, non-non-

angry angry way.way.

Great Great techniques techniques won’t work won’t work if the child if the child believes believes that you that you

won’t back won’t back upup

your words your words with with

actions.actions.

Wise Wise parentsparents know know that that

doing the doing the right right thing thing won’twon’t

guaranteguarantee e

a happy a happy kid.kid.

Wise Wise parents parents

rememberrememberthat that

reporting reporting unlawfulunlawfulactivities activities is a is a civic civic

duty.duty.

Repetition is the key to learning. Repetition is the key to learning. Tell others what you learn here and Tell others what you learn here and

you will learn moreyou will learn more.

Create a Create a perfect perfect world world

for your for your child child and and

he/she he/she won’t fit won’t fit into the into the real one.real one.

Childhood disappointmentsChildhood disappointmentsare good practice for adult life.are good practice for adult life.

Wise Wise parents parents

say, say, ““When When

you take you take adult adult

perks, you perks, you take on take on

adult adult responsi-responsi-bilities.”bilities.”

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