Lessons in prevention. Start health early so that they don't end up unhealthy. Big clue to parenting.. When a child has any negatives early in life, their health is compromised. Never do anything unhealthy or unnatural to a child early on in life and be very careful to get them a proper rainbow diet with plenty of proteins early on so that they can heal properly from accidental damage! Teach them simply, ...don't hurt yourself , your person, your belongings, your feelings, and don't hurt anyone else, their person, their belongings orr their feelings! You'll never go wrong with raising a child that people don't mind having around! Safetly first as always comes along with preventive medicine, respect, trust, and proper discipline. Permissive, always give them permission and credit for doin the right things, just aim them in the right direction. Never give negative attention unless it is a life threatenning situation, and then of course things have to be taken a little more seriuosly! Do not contribute to weak bodied or weak minded children! Think, what will your child contribute back to the Earth and you, how will they make you proud? Seriously people, it's difficult for a child to be hard worker if they can't think right and are too weak or injured to work! Don't damage the body at a young age and they won't have to work overtime to correct the damage leaving them stronger in mind and body.Always listen to your children, every little word they say, they are always trying to learn and need you to hear them so you can teach them more appropriately! They will tell you all that's wrong with them if you are just willing to hear! Remember what you wanted from your parents as a child and try to remember to refocus their behavior and actions instead of overdiscpline, a child will go for the negative behavior if they are assured that they will get it! Play, when educational, praise and positive attention will encourage proper and positive behavior, especially when given for no reason and more often! Remember also that your attitude will rub off on them, they will sense your emotions instinctively! Tell the child simply and calmly, no you may not play with this object, it is not yours...gently remove the child from the area, take the object out of reach if you can and redirect the child to another area where their toys are, setting them down where they belong and telling them this is yours it is ok to play with your toys! It's so easy! More example and less lecture. Children need you to put things in a simple way so that they may better understand you to be capable of doin as you ask them to do! Stictuitiveness . Never take your anger out on a child in a fit of rage, they will loose all respect for you and how are they to learn self control if you don't have any! Cut out all negative attention, Children will portray the behavior you teach them onto others! Make sure your child never takes you for a liar or a hypocrite, they will not be capable of learning from you, don't ever do anything in front of your child that you don't want them doing in front of company! Actions speak louder than words . Always stop yourself from responding in anger. Close your mouth, phycially if possible, count to ten, walk away and think it out if you need to, make sense of your response and then react properly! Patience and tollerance can't be spoken highly enough of. There area lessons to be learned at proper ages . Never expect more of a child than they are capable of and help them do as you ask by always remembering to tell them why and how in explicit detail! It is too important! Try to remember how frustrating it is to be that small. Inspire your child/children to imrove their natural talents, the things they are already good at, it will be easier for them to gain tallents and learn more when they know they can already do something right. Over praise for every little thing, always make sure you give them plenty of credit for a job well done! This helps to make you proud also and keeps their self esteem high, making them feel good about themselves and helping them to want to learn more. Teach justice and judgement through justification. The laws of consequence say, if you can't do the time, don't do the crime! Try beeing creative with consequences, make sure the punishment or disciplinary action fits the crime committed! Never over punish or leave children on time outs too long a period of time, children area easily frustrated with over punishment and will tend to get the idea that they don't ever do anything right. The more your child knows that you love them for no reason, the more willng they will be to listen to you and want to do as you ask! Never neglect them , make sure they always have something appropriate and acceptible to do so that they never have to keep themselves busy and they will do less wrong. I, personally use to love yard sales and second hand stores. Toys don't necessarily have to be new, unless it's a holiday, that's a very different story! One mans trash is another mans treasure. Make their room comfortable and make sure they have plenty of educational toys and toys that they have chosen to play with. Let them pick what they want at yardsales and second hand shops, they'll acquire more and be more satisfied with keeping themselves busy and out of your hair, that way you can get your things done without them beeing directly under foot! I use to love spending time with my kids painting on rugs roads and towns for their hotwheels cars and mini Tonka trucks and what not and I used to love making sure they had the best car tracks all put together and glued firmly so that I didn't have to spend too much time continuously putting them back together! Actions speak louder than words, if you threaten it make sure you can follow through, if you can't or won't follow through then don't bother threatenning it! Children loose all respect if they don't have a proper guideline to follw, make sure they know the consequences of their actions. They may hesitate before misbehaving and you need them to take you seriuosly! Be logical about all disciplinary action . Time outs are a good way to get a child to understand that their behavior is innappropriate and always make sure they know immediately what they area doing wrong so that they understand why they are being punished. When disrespecting your things or your space, send them back to their room or their toy area, redirect instead of punish!

One last big clue on parenting, ...always rememeber this, while raising your children that one day, they will be taking care of you on your death bed, how do you want to be treated!???