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Do you have any specific goals in your plan of parenting?

post #1 of 15
10/1/04 at 11:26am
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Two specifics with Devin...

- Keep him going to bed without a bottle. Lexi had a bottle or sippy at bedtime every night and it was part of what caused her cavaties.
- Start potty training before 2

With both of them

- I want them to be able to come to me about anything in the future. Sex, drugs, alcohol, or whatever...

- To be the mother they are not embarrassed of

- To help them learn to importance of getting good grades (I wasn't the best in school!)

Well there are a few basics that I can remember off the top of my head right now. I think I might sit down and make a reminder list today. There is so much more....
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post #2 of 15
10/1/04 at 11:42am
-I want to be able to help them with their home work. (no one helped me hence never did it)

-I will always try to help my kids with whatever they need to get their goals.

-Do everthing possible to make their childhood different than what I expierenced. That sentance pretty much wraps the whole thing up in a nutshell.
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post #3 of 15
10/1/04 at 11:49am
My main goal with Jenna would be to raise her to not feel the pain I had to go through growing up - i.e. things that affected my life, will never touch this child!! I hope to raise her to be a kind, caring, unselfish person.
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post #4 of 15
10/1/04 at 7:16pm
Some of the goals you have all said are goals that I have done or are doing. I just want my daughter to be happy and know we are always there for her. Rain or shine, Moody or even if we are far away from her that we are always there when she needs us.
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post #5 of 15
10/2/04 at 1:10am
To respect woman, to come to me with whatever (and I've suceeded totally with on) the other two come to me sometimes but not as often as I would like.

Sometimes being a working mother sucks
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post #6 of 15
10/2/04 at 3:19am
Does not killing them count as a parenting goal?

I want them to be able to come to talk to me and/or George about anything.

I want them to do well in school and be happy.

I want them to grow up and marry good Christian women.

I want them to be happy in whatever they choose to do in life

I want to be able to let them know how much they mean tome everyday

I want to be able to teach them to respect not just other people and women, but THEMSELVES first and foremost.

I want to instill in them my faith, and the belief in God, though I want them to know they are free to choose their own paths.

I want them to want to learn new things all the time.

I want them to find peace within themselves.

I want to try to teach them to LOVE themselves and others.

I want to teach them that as long as they try, they can never truly fail.

I want them to learn to trust.

I want them to learn to be trustworthy.

I want them to love each other, and be secure in the bond of brotherhood.

I want to teach them to be kind to others, to themselves, to animals and strangers.
I wantto instill in them a love for EVERYONE. I want to give them what my mother gave me. I am not racist. I do not judge others by the color of their skin.

I want them to learn that everyone is different, yet everyone is the same, and to love others for their differences.
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post #7 of 15
10/2/04 at 3:22am
I want Logan to learn to use the bathroom EVERY DA@N Time.

I want them to know that no matter what they do, choose, love, kind of life they choose to live, that we will NEVER stop loving them

I want to instill in them a love for family, friends.

I want them to understand how God can let things happen but not always MAKE them happen.

I want them to know they were all gifts from God to us.

I want them to know how much we cherish them each and everyday.

I want them to want to help others. Yet not at the cost of their own happiness.

I want them to know that they can do, be anything they want.
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post #8 of 15
10/2/04 at 2:34pm
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Man Shona, I started my list but now there is no reason to post it b/c it is basically the exact same as yours!!!! There is so many things I want for them. Belief in god is very very important to me!!
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post #9 of 15
10/2/04 at 7:13pm
I honestly don't think our lists are ever finished Diana.

THere are so many things we want to teach our children that new things come to us everyday, even things we don't really have to think about, they just happen.
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post #10 of 15
10/2/04 at 7:32pm
To respect other people, especially other nationalities, to respect us as parents, to let them know they can come to us for ANYTHING, to be the cool parents of the pack, to get good grades and hang out with the right kids, and so many other things I can't even think of right now.
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post #11 of 15
10/2/04 at 9:57pm
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I absolutely agree Shona!!
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post #12 of 15
10/2/04 at 10:29pm
Pretty much you all summed it up for me too. I want my kids to be happy and healthy. TO have the security I did not growing up.
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post #13 of 15
10/3/04 at 12:26am
For them to be happy in life no matter what road they choose and for them to know i will be right there for them no matter what!!
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post #14 of 15
10/4/04 at 10:51pm
My goal for my children.........

for them to live to be 18
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post #15 of 15
10/4/04 at 10:55pm
My specific goals

To raise her (them) to the best of my ability and for them to grow up with a good work ethic, respect for others, respect for life, good morals and to have a good christain education. But I also want them to grow up to be their own person and have values and not let anyone tell them what they should think, do , feel etc.
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