Have you ever wondered what your role as a parent was? I grew up with a mom who couldn’t wait for us to grow up and be friends instead of being mom and daughter. She didn’t like being a mom, because she took her job very seriously as a mom. She felt that she was to be our educator. It was her role to make sure we were educated, and I don’t necessarily mean book educated. She thought it was her role to teach us everything and no one else’s responsibility.
I hear parents at school telling me that the school puts a lot of responsibility on us as parents to make sure they can read and write. They say isn’t that their responsibility? Isn’t that why we send them to school? Yes we do send them to school for their education. However, is it not OUR child, we are co-teaching our children. We complain when we find out they are being taught in something we don’t agree with. So where does that balance lie? You are the one who is to model and teach them. Remember the saying monkey see monkey do? I have seen that over and over in little ones. However, it’s really something we continue to do through out our lives.
IF we want our children to have certain knowledge, certain manners, certain beliefs, it is our responsibility to teach them. Does that mean that we have a classroom in our home? NO that means we model what we are trying to instill in our children.
My daughter came out the other night with PINK play dough under her eyes. I busted out laughing. Do you know why I laughed? She was doing what she had seen myself do with Mary Kay eye patches. She just made her own. Now did I sit down and explain to her how this will help her eyes, her skin and how to do it? NO, she SAW me doing it and followed my lead.
The Bible says in 1 Corinthians 10:31, So whether you eat or drink or whatever your do do it all for the glory of God. Then in Chapter 11:1 it says, Follow my example as I follow the example of Christ. I hear the song in my head, be carful little ears what you hear, be careful little eyes what you see and it goes on. Yes we are models.
What are you modeling for your family, friends, coworkers, or boss? Someone is watching you, someone is going to model your example. Are we perfect? NO, will be make mistakes? Yes we will make mistakes, but we should learn from those and keep working towards following Christ examples.
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