The Beauty Of The Right Choice

As a parent there are so many choices we have to make each day, each week, and each year of your children's life. Here's some information that you probably already know:  sometimes as a parent, you're going to make the wrong choices (ground breaking, right?)!

The point we want to get across with this post is this: every choice has the potential to change your child's life, so take each one very seriously, give them the proper time and consideration. So many choices come up in any given day, with the hustle and business of our lives, we don't take the time to think through a lot of our choices and how they will affect our kids. Can you think of some rash choices you've even made today?

For us parents it can be as simple as what TV shows you let your kids watch, or if they're getting on your nerves, you telling them to go watch TV and not knowing what they put on. As long as they're out of your face, right? How about choosing what friends they hang out with, do you even know who their friends are? If you make the choice to not really know, those friends could teach your kids things that you don't endorse or believe in. Can you name every one of their friends? You should be able to!

What about the choice of what music you let them listen to? With as bad as the music is nowadays, you can't even turn on the radio without vomiting. If you choose to let them listen to whatever they want, then you'll reap the benefits of angry and depressed kids. What kind of video games do you choose to let your children play? If you let them play what they want, then by the time they're 14, they'll know how to kill someone 10 different ways. Do you think were exaggerating? When was the last time you looked at the typical video game?

Look even to the things we mentioned, there are good choices to be made: There are good shows your kids can watch, there are good friends for them to hang out with. There is good music for them to listen to, and yes there are good video games for them to play. Do you see the point were trying to make? It's all about the choices you make, don't make them half-heartily!

These are some pretty big choices but remember the small one's can scar your kids the most. Is your child trying to show you the picture they made for you, but you have to catch up on your emails? Do they want you to read them a bed time story but you can't miss your favorite show? Every choice counts, so take them very seriously. If you don't, you make the choice to deal with the consequences!

Are you making smart choices? Let us know by commenting!