Page 22 - Perfect Parents, Perfect Children, and Other Fairy Tales

talked and talked about our children and what they
were doing, and it was driving my sister-in-law

crazy! All she heard about was our children, all
day, every day.

I didn’t even know that she talked about them at
all!

I learned something that day. But what I also
realized was that our children didn’t know that
Grandma was talking about them to others. It was

great that she was proud of them. But how much
better would it have been if they had heard her tell

everyone about the things that they were doing?

Right then and there I made a determination to

praise our children and grandchildren in front of
them as much as I possibly could. They need to
hear us talk about them in a positive manner. They

need to know that we are certainly proud of them.

Being proud of your children doesn’t need to wait

until they win that race or get to play a solo in a
concert or make a touchdown. Being proud of your

children can mean so many other things, and those
things are often much more important.

Have you ever told your neighbor, with your child
present, how he jumped up after falling during a
race and still made it to the finish line and how

proud you were that he finished that race?

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