what's the best parenting advice?
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The best parenting advice I ever got didn’t come from another parent. It wasn’t even about parenting. Nonetheless, I’ve used this advice every single day of my 10+ years of parenting, and it’s the most valuable tool in my toolkit.
When I was pregnant with my eldest son, I was reading through some old Reader’s Digestmagazines, and came across one of those cute, funny stories used as place-fillers at the end of an article. It went something like this:
Our last pet had passed away, so we bought a new kitten. The first day we had her at home, she started sharpening her claws the side of the couch—as kittens do—so my dad picked her up and put her outside. Fifteen years later, she still claws the side of the couch every time she wants to go out.
This story is my guiding beacon as a parent.
Every moment of every day, you are teaching your children something. With every single thing you say, do, or don’t do, you are teaching your children what they should say, do, and not do. The trick, as a parent, is not to teach your children the right things; the trick is to know what you’re teaching them.
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