Remember How Important You Are As a Parent

To your child, whether she is 5 months, 15 or 25-years
old, you are one of the most important people in the world. Forget this simple
but profound truth, and you’ll fall short of the positive impact you can make
in your child’s life.

Your actions, your beliefs, your way of doing things,
your words ALL powerfully affect who your child becomes. Without consciously
choosing to do so, your child takes on who you are. If you’re uptight and stressed much of the time,
this affects your child’s beliefs about life; and he will unknowingly feel
stressed himself.

If you raise your voice and speak angrily to your
child and to others, your child will not only learn to raise her voice and
speak angrily to others. She may feel insecure, resentful and even unloved with
you.

Your child counts on you to be the best person and
best parent you can be. He’s looking to you always for guidance about being a
happy, successful person. Remember that EVERYTHING you do makes an impact in
your child’s life—either for the
better or the worse. You don’t have to be perfect. Just be as conscious as you
can.