Life Lessons for Our Children: A Parental Guide

By Caryl Fenton

This is a guide for parenting; outlining what I consider to be important life lessons that would add value to our children. It is intended to assist them with a strong value system to be better able to cope with peculiarities or nuances of this generation.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Jun 14, 2017
• ISBN: 9781387034796

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Life Lessons for Our Children: A Parental Guide

LIFE LESSONS FOR OUR CHILDREN

A PARENTAL GUIDE

CARYL FENTON

Copyright © 2016 by Caryl Fenton

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed or transmitted in any form or by any means, without prior written permission from the author.

PROLOGUE

My name is Caryl Fenton and I am the proud mother of two beautiful children, a boy and a girl. I want the best for my children and decided to put pen to paper to compile all the life lesson that would better help or arm them to deal with peculiarities or nuances of this generation while maintaining a strong value system.

My son is very different from my daughter and while I may generalize based on my experience with my children, I hope that you find it useful in equipping your children for their futures.

SMART KIDS

In today’s society everything is smart, smart phones, smart TV,etc. Always an additional attribute that wasn’t there in previous years. When I was a child my mom said sit there and don’t move. I didn’t get a cell phone or tablet to watch yet I didn’t move. I was taught to listen and obey. With my children I was continually wondering why are they different from me, when I was a child. The answer is that children have adapted to the world and technology and are now much more aware and exposed than we were. Hence I call them