When 4 of mine were under age 5 my answer would have been very different than now :)
Now at 10, 12, 14, 16
1)My biggest concern is teaching respect and compassion for others and themselves - I lean on Luke 10:27 culture in the house "He answered, ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ ”
2) I am concerned that they have drive and desire to accomplish what they are gifted in. I look to everyday people who have done this to point out what it took for them to get there.
3) I am concerned about the amount and type of video games they play. I don't want it interfering in the first two goals. For this I try to have other enjoyable things to do around the house.
More than anything I realize that our concerns for our kids are very personal and won't be the same for everyone. After all, we all come from different backgrounds, have different things to overcome and children each have different directions they want to go. That realization helped me feel not so guilty when I would see a mom working with her child on say, manners and I wasn't. For a while I would try to work on everything at once and drive myself nuts!
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