Children are Mirrors of the Parents

Modeling behaviors, parents should, WATCH how they act in front of their children, translated…

At a gathering, my coworker talked about how her child just didn’t give any respects to her husband, that he’d, talked trash about his dear old dad in front of everybody else, it’d made him angry. At this time, the couple of us started making fun of her, that she’d, talked down to her husband in front of her young, that must’ve been where her children had, picked it up.

After I’d heard it, I’d, suddenly realized, that my two children, who are over thirty, had never talked trash about me anywhere. To here, I’m truly, grateful. As I’d returned, I’d told my discovery to my wife, she’d smiled and told me, “don’t you think, that it’s, because I’d never, talked trash about you in front of the children?”, I’ can’t help but admit, that this, is, absolutely, TRUE.

After supper last Saturday, my son was about to return for his shift at the hospital, at the door, as my wife asked him a few extra questions, he’d, started getting annoyed. As my son left, my wife told me with great sadness, “When your son talks to me, it’s like, he’s, talking to his enemy.” Then she’d, added, “You’d used to talk to your mother like so too!”

Meaning, that my son learned it from me.

And so, as my son texted that he got to the hospital safe and sound, I’d, immediately told him what my wife told me, and added, “so, it seemed, you do, have my genes. If what your mom said was correct, then, we should, really think about how to change it.” My son sent back a smiley face and an okay.

After I’d taken my shower, I’d wrote to my son again, “Dad thought about it a bit, and, I’d, realized, that from before when I’d talked to grandma, I did, become a brute, and so, I feel, regrettable. But, grandma’s gone already, and, it’s too late for me. You still have the reminders, and can still be around mom for a long time, do watch yourself.”

He’d sent me back a heart, showing me he’d, understood.

Actually, my son didn’t have that much time with my mother growing up, what I’d didn’t admit to him was, that as I’d answered to my wife’s inquiries, I’d acted, a bit, annoyed too, he did, model after me!

Everybody says that children are mirrors of the parents, how we act, what we say, the kids are quietly, observing, and, when they grow up, they’d, acted on what they saw. If children can grow up in an environment where the parents show respects to each other, with the household in harmony, they will grow up happily, and, respect their own parents too.

And so, our children (not that I have one or anything like that!!!) are picking up our behaviors when we weren’t noticing that they are, and, the way they act, is a reflection of how we are, so, DO be careful what you do and say in front of your young, because, how you treat one another, they will, pick up on it!