Dear amazing parents, today is another Tuesday. If you have been following me you already know that I share parenting tips every Tuesday on this platform and my blog.
Today I am going to be sharing what it means to raise your 6-year-old as if you are raising an adult. Raising your little one as an adult is important because you don’t want them to depend on others for everything when they are teens or an adult.
If you haven’t started yet, please start giving them responsibility at home, even if it is as little as cleaning their dishes and cleaning their room.
There are grown men out here looking for women to replace their moms and daughters looking to be dependent upon and unconditionally spoiled by a man.
So I ask, Moms, are you preparing your sons & daughters to be self-sufficient?
Will your son starve without a woman in the kitchen or without having Uber Eats on speed dial?
Will your son understand the concept of colour separation when it comes to laundry, or will everything be sent to a dry cleaner? Or worse, will he be bringing them home for you to handle? Does he understand that the quantity of his sexual conquests does not define manhood and that No, means no?
Are your daughters being raised to believe that beauty trumps everything else? Are they receiving the following messages, consciously or unconsciously, that academics are not as crucial if you are cute and personable? Find yourself a man with money, honey; in other words, are they being led to believe that a man is a financial plan?
How often are you the example of financial responsibility? Saving more than you spend, making your own money, and showing them the importance of doing the same.
Are you teaching your children how to fish on their own, or are they being raised to feel as though your financial pond is always accessible and unlimited? (that means, you always give them everything they ask for)
Self-reliance rocks. There is more to life than fashion, nails, six-packs, and hair.
The more rational we are in preparing them to go out into the world to use their wings, the lesser the chances of them wanting or needing to fly back to the nest because of their inability to be self-sufficient.
Prepare them now for the future, so that when the opportunity to enjoy Your Life as an empty nester arrives, it can remain that way. You’ve earned it, don’t you think?
Happy parenting 😁❤️
Remember when we know better we must do better!
What are you going to start teaching your little one to do at home today?
Have an amazing week
Olu ❤️
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