SOMEONE IS WATCHING...
Michael’s parents return home from a meeting with the teacher where she expresses her concerns about his lying. His parents sit down to talk to him about this inappropriate behaviour. ”Where did you learn this, Michael?” his father wants to know. Just then the phone rings. Michael runs to answer it. “It’s Uncle Rob,” Michael says.
“Oh,” says Dad, “Tell him I’m not here.”
We often expect our children to behave better than we do. We expect them to do as we say. But the truth is that children do as we do and not as we say! Parents are powerful role models. Our behaviour has a profound impact on our children. So what happens when you have occasion to mess up? What is the impact on your kids when you’re not the paragon of virtue? Here are some ideas about what kids learn from our bad habits.
Firstly, there is no such thing as a perfect parent. Just like there are
