Are you a Parent or are you their BEST Friend?
July 17, 2019 Can we be both to our children? There are so many people who believe so! As a parent, you should be your child’s friend; but, can you be their “ BEST ” friend? Should you be? At the very heart of this question is the quote mentioned above- and in my opinion to raise your children well you cannot be their BEST FRIEND . You can be close friends. To be a good kid entails us, as parents, TO BE PARENTS . How can we correct our child if we are their best friend? How can we teach, encourage, feed, advice, “tell”, scold or do so many other things which, as a parent, you can do but as a best friend you cannot or may not be able to? Practically speaking, even between friends it's difficult (though not impossible), to correct your best friend– however, as a parent you don’t have that worry. However, if you are your child’s best friend & vice-versa, won’t you spoil them to maintain that friendship level? Would ...