Teach me to understand my children,
to listen patiently to what they have to
say and to answer all their questions
kindly.
Keep me from interrupting them,
talking back to them and contradicting
them.
Make me as courteous to them as I would
have them be to me.
Give me the courage to confess my sins
against my children and to ask of them
forgiveness when I know that I have done
them wrong.
May not I vainly hurt the feelings of my
children.
Forbid that I should laugh at their
mistakes or resort to shame and ridicule
as punishment.
Let me not tempt my child to lie and
steal.
So guide me hour by hour that I may
demonstrate by all I say and do that
honesty produces happiness.
Reduce, I pray, the meanness in me.
May I cease to nag; and when I am out of
sorts, help me, O Lord, to hold my
tongue.
Blind me to the little errors of my
children, and help me to see the good
things that they do.
Give me a ready word to honest praise.
Help me to grow up with my children,
to treat them as those of their own age,
but let me not expect of them the
judgments and conventions of adults.
Allow me not to rob them of the
opportunity to wait upon themselves, to
think, to choose and to make
decisions.
Forbid that I should ever punish them
for my selfish satisfaction.
May I grant them all their wishes that
are reasonable and have the courage
always to withhold a privilege which I
know will do them harm.
Make me so fair and just, so considerate
and companionable to my children that
they will have a genuine esteem for
me.
Fit me to be loved and imitated by my
children.
Amen
Author Unknown
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