To all of you parents who think that being perfect in life means exactly what to you? Being perfect in sports, acting, school, etc. I think more importantly, you should raise your children to have respect for themselves, their parents, their elders and people in general. To be kind, understanding, sympathetic and giving along with being sincere, honest, loyal, trustworthy and to have the strength to deal with whatever life has to give them. Too many young children today haven't the faintest clue as to what respect for someone else is. I was raised with respect and with that I gained much more than wanting to be perfect with things that really don't matter. I am 61 yrs. old and still call my neighbor who is 82 Mr. and Mrs. My friends parents I address them by Mr. and Mrs. I say Please, thank you, no thank you and your welcome. These are the things you should stress with your children.
Not, your clothes are not up to par, not enough paint on your face, etc. I am sure you get my drift.
I guess what you are trying to accomplish with your children are the things you could not accomplish yourself. So, WHAT, you torture your children to be what you wanted? Very bad parenting. But good luck with that.; We learn by our mistakes and by stressing this Perfection thing will only make children insecure NOT PERFECT. They will not have a childhood to play with other kids to enjoy life as a child. Why would you want to take that away from them? I loved playing hop scotch, jump rope, tag, having sleep overs, going to Candlewood Lake with my parents and brother every Sunday. Playing baseball, football and just plain ole hanging out with my friends at the coffee shop. I understand my days were a safer place to play and be. I am a very respectful, happy person and I am happy that I raised my Son to be respectful and not PERFECT. Because to me he is PERFECT just the way he is.
