Steemit Engagement Challenge S6/W3 - Effects of parents' behavior on child's physical and mental health)".
It will be wrong for anyone to think that the behavior of parents has no impact or effect on the life of children. Remember, parents, are our first teachers in life. They watch a child grow, and as a child is growing, the behaviors he sees his parents exhibiting will different be behaviors that he will live to display.
Remember, a good tree can not bear bad fruit. Also, a lion can not give birth to a dog. That's to say parents with good character give rise to a child with good character. Also, parents who are not well-disciplined will give birth to a notorious child. In conclusion, the behavior of parents has a great impact on the life and behaviors of children.
First of all, I do love to tell you that I have the best parents in the world. They have been so wonderful and amazing to me and my sisters. In them, I find love, happiness, and compassion. Frankly speaking, I don't know what life could have been for me without them.
My parents were my first teachers, friends, and lovers. Guess what? I'm today an adult, but they are still my friends and my teachers. When I was a kid, they taught me how to speak and greet, respect elders, bathe, sweep, wash, etc.
As a grow into adulthood, they taught me the value of honesty, the importance of respect, and integrity, and they also taught me how to behave in the way society accepts. They also installed in me why and how to be a responsible man to my family and society at large.
Today, I'm not a nuisance in society because my parents taught me not to be. I'm responsible and respectful because that is the spirit that my parents installed in me. I'm able to live in peace with people wherever I find myself because I was trained well. I'm able to share positive ideas with people who are even outside Nigeria because my parents educated me well.
As I mentioned earlier, only a good tree can bear good fruit. And a lion can only give birth to a lion and not a dog. As such, I can be what I am today because that is what my parents are. They are good and responsible people, and that is why I am good and responsible today. To cut the long story short, my parents have impacted positively into my life, and I'm forever grateful for that.
It's good I let you understand that my parents are my mentors. I look up to them for good morals and support. Whenever I think about people with presentable behaviors, my parents appear on the top list. Their behaviors are indeed amazing.
If you ask me about a particular behavior that I like the most about my parents, then I will have no answer to give. The reason is, I like every aspect of their behaviors. They are supportive, kind, humble, respectful, educated, responsible, and understandable. What more would I ever ask of you? They have all the good attributes, and I respect and like them all.
Good values are what is expected of everyone in society. The reason is, for every society to make progress, its members must have good and presentable morals and values. And as we all know, no child can grow on his or her own with good values without the assistance of parents and other elders in the family.
With that being said, below are a few ways in which parents can impact values on their kids.
storytelling: children are lovers of stories, especially folktales. Almost all the folktales I was told when I was a kid, carry a lot of lessons that can keep a child far away from negativity. The reason is, a child will always think that if he or she does what is wrong, what happened in the story that he or she was told might happen to him.
appreciation: as I mentioned earlier, a child learns from what he or she sees people doing. If a child grows up in a family that shows no appreciation to people for a good deed, the child will find it difficult to know the value of appreciation. As such, in a family, whenever a child does what is right, he should be appreciated so that he can also learn to appreciate others.
Punishment: most parents find it difficult to punish their kids for their wrong deeds, but I believe punishment is a way of teaching a child the way of society. If a child is punished for something, he or she will grow up knowing that what he or she was punished for is wrong. But without punishment, it will be hard for the child to understand that something is wrong or right.
Life has offered me beautiful and amazing things, but nothing is above you. I love you for nothing, but for everything. I could have been where I am today without your love, care, protection, and kindness toward me. I pray to make you proud before we finally depart this world because you deserve all the best.
The impact of parents' behaviors on their children can not be denied. The reason is we act the way we see people acting in society, and parents are the first people we learn from. If their behavior is positive, their kids will grow to behave positively. But if their attitude is bad, then the kids will grow to be a nuisance in society.
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