Overprotective parents spare kids from all natural consequences.
Unfortunately, their kids often lack a clear understanding of the reasons behind their parents’ rules.
They never learn how to bounce back from failure or how to recover from mistakes because their parents prevented them from making poor choices.
Rather than learning, “I should wear a jacket because it’s cold outside,” a child may conclude, “I have to wear a jacket because my mom makes me.”
Without an opportunity to experience real­world consequences, kids don’t always understand why their parents make certain rules.
Natural consequences prepare children for adulthood by helping them think about the potential consequences of their choices.

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Though we are marching toward a more global society, various ethnic groups traditionally do things quite differently, and a fresh perspective is valuable in creating an open­minded child.
Extensive multicultural experience makes kids more creative (measured by how many ideas they can come up with and by association skills) and allows them to capture unconventional ideas from other cultures to expand on their own ideas.
As a parent, you should expose your children to other cultures as often as possible.
If you can, travel with your child to other countries; live there if possible.
If neither is possible, there are lots of things you can do at home, such as exploring local festivals, borrowing library books about other cultures, and cooking foods from different cultures at your house.

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Most parents think that if our child would just “behave,” we could stay calm as parents.

The truth is that managing our own emotions and actions is what allows us to feel peaceful as parents.

Ultimately we can’t control our children or the obstacles they will face ― but we can always control our own actions. 

Parenting isn’t about what our child does, but about how we respond. 

In fact, most of what we call parenting doesn’t take place between a parent and child but within the parent. 

When a storm brews, a parent’s response will either calm it or trigger a full‐scale tsunami. 

Staying calm enough to respond constructively to all that childish behavior ― and the stormy emotions behind it ― requires that we grow, too. 

If we can use those times when our buttons get pushed to reflect, not just react, we can notice when we lose equilibrium and steer ourselves back on track. 

This inner growth is the hardest work there is, but it’s what enables you to become a more peaceful parent, one day at a time.

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 We are always teaching our children something by our words and our actions. 

They learn from seeing. 

They learn from hearing and from overhearing. 

Children share the values of their parents about the most important things in life. 

Our priorities and principles and our examples of good behavior can teach our children to take the high road when other roads look tempting.

Remember that children do not learn the values that make up strong character simply by being told about them.     

They learn by seeing the people around them act on and uphold those values in their daily lives.

Therefore show your child good examples of life by your action.

In our daily lives, we can show our children that we respect others.

We can show them our compassion and concern when others are suffering, and our own self­discipline, courage and honesty as we make difficult decisions.

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문득 문득 삶의 의미에 대해 스스로에게 질문하는 경우가 있다.

그때마다 뚜렷한 결론이나 만족스러운 대답을 찾아낼 수 없었다 마치 복잡한 인간사 처럼..

오늘의 지혜조각은 삶의 의미에 대한 정의인듯하다. 

삶의 정의를 추상적으로 찾지말자. 의미없다는 것이다.

어쩌면 내 삶의 이미는 눈뜬 오늘 하루를 즐겁게 지내는 것이다.

맛있는 거 먹고 재밌는 거 하고, 가족들  사랑하고, 일 즐겁게 열정적으로 하고, 보람된일도 좀 하고 착한 일 좀 하면서 미래의 행복 포인트 좀 쌓고, 화냄과 불평으로 불필요한 감정 소모 하지 않고 오늘 하루도 즐겁게 살고 내일 눈뜨면 또 이렇게 즐겁게 사는 것... 내 사람에 행복 기억을 쌓는 것 이것이 삶의 의미가 아닐까?//