Actions and Consequences

    Is it bad parenting if you want your child to think you're cool? How about caving in just to keep your children happy? If the answer is yes - then I'm afraid to admit I've had more than my share of failures in effective parenting!

Growing up i remember hating the word - Discipline. It had bad written all over it. It meant restrictions. Limits i didn't feel i needed.

Funny how becoming a parent can remind us of lessons we learned as children. "Don't play in the street" "Stay away from drug dealers." and other warnings we all hopefully heard. And too many of us perhaps ignored!

Actions usually result in some form of re-action. Any student of physics can no doubt tell you about that undeniable law of physics. Actions always result in some form of reaction. Cause and effect. The stuff nature is made of.

And, an invaluable aid in effective, loving parenting. If we - as parents - ignore this critical role of family disciplinarian - we can reasonably expect certain consequences. Like unruly, perhaps even disrespectful children.

    The famous motivator - Zig Ziglar - used to tell us "If you are hard on yourself - Life gets much easier." The same lesson might be true for our beloved children. If we stay firm and practice some healthy discipline - maybe their lives will be less prone to problems as they grow older. If we remain firm in our convictions and actions toward our little loved ones - we might actually be doing them a Big Favor!

   This guy tells it much better than me.