Parenting skills
Chiqui Brosas on Oct 18 2007 at 5:01 pm | Filed under: General
When I had my first baby was born 25 years ago, I knew nothing about motherhood aside from what I sow from my grandparents who raised me. Fortunately for me, their marriage was harmonious. I never sow them fight or have a heated discussion in front of me. They respected each other and my grandfather was head of the house hold. He always had the last say though my grandmother was good in petitioning for her requests and usually got her way.
They loved my brother and I unconditionally as their own children. My parents were around but I guess too young and busy with their own activities. My grandfather spoke to us in Spanish and disciplined us the old Spanish way. He’d spank us when we’re naughty and when my brother and I fought. He’d make us kneel down with our hands elevated straight parallel to the ground. I never resented him because our relationship was established. He taught us how to ask for forgiveness and how to forgive. I remember him the most as a man of integrity. He never spoke bad about other people. He was my hero.
I’d say we learn most about our parenting skills while we are growing up from our parents and the people around us. It is important to be talking to our kids and explaining to them about the right values. It is also equally important to spend some time with them and do things with them. Let us not waste time being so busy and not having enough time with our families, running about here and there and missing out on what is important. Let us catch the candid moments our children so willingly want and long to share with us!
