Children are very observant as they readily pick up behaviours from other people. They see what other people do and then they copy.
And because parents are usually the closest people, children pick up most behaviours from their parents. As a parent, you should thus be careful what you consciously and unconsciously teach your child(ren).
Here are but just a few things you should never do in front of your children.
Never beat your spouse in front of your children
Marriage is never smooth. There are hills and valleys to be crossed. There are challenges couples must face. Sometimes it gets to heated arguments and in extreme cases to physical fights.
Before you raise your hand to strike your spouse, always remember the children. Are they watching? Are they hearing the two of your argue and abuse each other? Fighting is bad. Fighting in front of children is worse.
Never smoke in front of children
Smoking might be cool to you but it might have devastating effects on your children. They can either pick up the smoking habit or be passive smokers. You might be killing your children slowly by making them passive smokers. You are destroying their lungs and increasing chances of them suffering from respiratory complications as well as cancer.
Never drink excessively in front of children
Drinking moderately is okay. But drinking excessively in front of your children is not good at all. When you become so drunk, you might say or do the unthinkable. You might end up blubbing and embarrassing yourself.
Never lie in front of your children
When you talk on the phone and tell the other person on the line that you are not in the house and yet you are in the house with your children, you are simply teaching your children the vice of dishonesty. Or you tell the other person on the line that you are eating while you are just watching television. Before you know it, your children will start lying like you.
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