Parenting

I believe our childhood experience influences our character development, and our parents' parenting strongly relates to our childhood experience, so I always remind myself to follow the good parts of my parents' child raising style, but never repeat their parenting mistakes. Yet, it is not easy to do! In fact, sometimes I sort of understand why they did that to me as I would want to do it to my daughter too! However, I keep telling myself that understanding my parents is one thing, and 'harming' my daughter is another thing. I can have million excuses why I need to do that to 'discipline' her, but I have no excuse to damage her self-image or self-esteem or self-confidence or her inner security or her trust to me ... Therefore, I always pray that God helps me to raise her as a God's like and people's like person, and she will always see me as a loving mother to her!