Parenting for experiences.
I missed out on a lot as a kid. I moved around a lot, had few friends, and due to numerous factors, was extremely withdrawn and shy. This lead to missing out on many experiences most people share in. I often find myself wishing I had done something when I was young, like earlier today while watching Wrestle Ramble I had moment where they were talking about things I never saw but would have if I'd gotten into wrestling as a kid. Things that would add to my current experience as a fan.
Thinking about this has caused me to arrive at a decision concerning any future parenting I may do and that is to introduce my children to as many experiences as possible. I won't force them into any activity, but I will expose them to many things, camping, martial arts, dancing, linguistics, diving both sky and sea, etc, etc. I'll let them change from one interest to another as they wish, always supporting them, because the goal is not to live vicariously through them, but to provide them opportunities for a multitude of experiences.
This wont just let them experience a variety of things that many people will never get to, but it will give them skills they may be able to use in the future, and may also provide a unique and fun way for me to spend time with them, as long as they avoid some of the finer arts, ha-ha.
It's always a tricky path. If you let them change too easily, this can also be bad. Some skills are not simple to learn, and you don't want to teach them to lose interest the moment they encounter the slightest hardship!
Well, I know that parenting, like many things, is something you have to adapt as things go on, but if my kids are like me then hardships in an interest will only trigger a strong sense of competitiveness. Its what I'm hoping for anyway.
Yes, it's always tricky! The best laid plans and all of that!
The best you can do (from my ongoing limited experience) is to try and give them every opportunity and encouragement, mixed in with a touch of discipline and a heavy dose of love.
Just being around and interacting with them is the best thing. At least until they don't want you around!
For the child's parents. They lay the foundations of the most important qualities of the personality of his baby: kindness, hard work, respect for others, accuracy, honesty and other qualities. Each parent has its own goals of raising a child. Even in one family, parents do not agree on the process of education. The main principle of raising children is the personal example of parents, because it lays the foundations of morality and moral properties of the child's personality. Sometimes people around them argue that in prosperous families grow dysfunctional children. Yes, it happens, if we consider that the example of parents is only one of many principles of parenting