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Raising Your Children to be Independent

 

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At my house, I still laugh at the sight of my son when he was learning to feed himself. He did not understand napkins so when he ate with his hands he would wipe them in his hair. This little boy had the prettiest brown, red and blond curly hair. At the end of each meal, we could tell what he had eaten by going through his curls and pulling out the remnants. Over time, he learned the point of napkins and stopped using his hair to clean his hands.

As toddlers start elementary school, move toward middle school and then high school they have desires and abilities to do more things independently. Our children stop needing us to walk them to school and to the school bus stop and want to walk with their friends. Eventually they stop wanting us to drive them places and want to drive on their own. It is our job to get them from the kindergarten school bus to the DMV and beyond.

In conclusion, you can find serenity in raising your children to be independent, so do not hamper them. So, the question for you this serene day is, what are you doing to help your children be independent productive adults?