When they are old enough to ask...
Posted By: SM on 2009-01-03
In Reply to: When to tell your kids the truth ... - MTHubie
I'd advise telling them as much of the truth as you feel they need to know depending on the circumstances.
Flame away, posters, but kids (especially kids today) by and large are not going to take seriously any advice from someone who hasn't *been there, done that*. And if they are asking for advice in an area you have heretofore pretended to have no experience, how do you then back track to tell them of your own mistakes in a given area without looking less than truthful previously?
Nope, I have kids, and I laid it on the line when they were old enough to ask and old enough to deal with the truth. My opinions are respected because I know whereof I speak, and my advice is taken at least 90% of the time because they know I've *been there, done that.* I've been blessed in that none of my children have ever been in trouble with the law, drugs, alcohol, teenage pregnancy, or any of the typical pitfalls that befall our youth today.
HONESTY...There's something to be said for it, even (especially?) with your own kids.
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