Yes, you are teaching them that you change whenever you want. Kids tend to learn through our example. If you tell them not to swear by swear like a sailor, they will ignore your instructions.
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Yes, you are teaching them that you change whenever you want. Kids tend to learn through our example. If you tell them not to swear by swear like a sailor, they will ignore your instructions.
Yes - do as I say not as I do - is probably a strategy that will not pay off in the long run. While my spouse will probably continue swearing - I can perhaps be an "alternate example" - they also go to a faith based school which provides extensive moral, ethical and spiritual instruction. At the end of the day - they'll be 20 one day and will have to make up their own mind on it - I can only show them how different people live their lives - its up to them to choose!
Ultimately it will be there choice. My son attended a faith based school up until middle school, it help reinforce the values my husband and I believed in. Today, my son is a kind and caring gentleman.