Something All God’s Children Need
Today’s post is from the “Children’s Ten Commandments for Parents,” by Mr. Kevin Lehman as quoted in “Dear Abby,” Independent Press Telegram, January 12, 1981.
Commandment #6: “I need your encouragement (but not your empty praise) to grow. Go easy on the criticism; remember, you can criticize the things I do without criticizing me.”
Commandment #7: “Give me the freedom to make decisions concerning myself. Permit me to fail, so that I can learn from my mistakes. Then someday I’ll be prepared to make the decisions life will require of me.”
Despite the fact many of us consider ourselves to be “grown folk,” don’t we also need the same things from each other that little children need from us on a daily basis?
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