Ten Golden Rules About Parenting

1. Parent effectiveness depends on partner-effectiveness.
2. Treat each child as an only child at least once a week.
3. Establish traffic rules: Meal time – Bedtime – Chores.
4. Every child should have a “place,” a drawer, a shelf, and know which toys and books are his. Siblings learn to respect the property of others.
5. The greatest molding factors in the life of a child are the conversations that go on around the dinner table.
6. Catch your child doing something right.
7. If you want respect, give respect.
8. Laugh with your children
9. Have them, love them, let them go.
10. Bless your child.

by Ingrid Trobisch