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| A Parents' Prayer |
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Oh God, make me a better parent. It is the most important job in the world and one for which I had no prior training.
Help me to understand my children, to listen patiently and respond kindly.
Keep me from interrupting and dismissing them impatiently.
Help me to be as courteous to them as I would have them be to me.
Give me courage to confess my mistakes and ask them for forgiveness.
Forbid that I should laugh at their mistakes or resort to shame and ridicule.
Remove my meanness. May I not nag when I am out of sorts. Help me to hold my tongue and my temper.
Blind me to indifferent shortcomings and help me to see all the good they do.
Help me to be ready with honest praise. Make me mindful that they need nurturing, encouragement, and appreciation for their small successes.
Help me to remember that they are only children and cannot make adult judgements.
Allow me not to remove their opportunities to care for themselves, and to make their own mistakes.
Forbid that I ever punish them to rid myself of anger and frustration. Help me to exercise reason and control.
May I grant them sensible wishes, and give me courage to withhold priveleges that might do them harm.
Make me fair, just, considerate, and companionable, so they will have genuine esteem, respect, and affection.
Make me fit to be loved and imitated by my children, for this is the greatest compliment of all.
- Anonymous |
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