Parenting Tip 2

Be a role model:-

“Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they never fail to imitate them” – James Baldwin.

An old man went to live with his son, daughter-in-law and a five-year-old granddaughter Nisha. The old man's eyesight, hand and legs were weak which made it difficult to perform his routine task. Once he even broke a plate and a bowl because of blur eyesight. Even on the dining table, his hands trembled and food felt on the table cloth floor. This irritated his son and daughter-in-law so they decided to get a small table in the corner where the grandfather ate alone in his wooden bowl and plate. This would upset the old man. Occasionally even tears were rolling down his eyes but his son and daughter-in-law never paid attention to it while Nisha watches it silently. One morning before breakfast Nisha's father saw her playing with wooden items and inquired about it, to which she sweetly replied that she was making a dish, spoon and bowl for him and mom to eat their food once they have grown old. Her parents were shocked and surprised by her answer and speechless for a few minutes. That morning, the son and his wife touched his father's feet and bought him back to the family dining table and never bothered about the broken dishes and soiled table cloth.

Just remember that your child will follow your example, not advice. Be careful with your actions because you reap what you sow, to be your kid/s role model you don't have to become any well-known actor, sportsman, business tycoon, or public figure just be someone whom your child aspire to be like in the future and want to emulate. Become an inspiration ideal whose behavior, attitude, example, success even failure lessons they admire and learn from them. Role modeling can be positive or negative. Positive role modeling helps you to identify the problem (if any), stay calm, cool and composed, earn not demand respect and makes you dependable; in a nutshell, you become the best version of yourself. Being a role model is challenging but rewarding task which can be done by following a healthy lifestyle, patient listening and respecting others views, opinions, suggestions and ideas (even if you don't agree with them), serving/helping others, developing empathy, building up affirmative approach, accepting responsibility for our actions and importantly being firm on our values and principles because any fruit doesn't fall far from its trees.