DP got me thinking this afternoon when he said he'd spent some time thinking (while doing the washing up) about which values we are imparting to our children (DD 3, DC2 still in utero ), deliberately or inadvertently. I was just getting in from work and he was just leaving for his, so we didn't really have time to get in to a juicy conversation about it, but it made me think, as I said. He said he'd concluded we consciously strive to instill an appreciation of nature and a sense of belonging within a family. He worried we weren't making enough of valuing creative expression (we used to make a lot of music together before parenthood). I think he used the term "values" pretty loosely, more in terms of what carries weight in our parenting. I think that if I can teach my DCs to value peace (as in stillness, quietness of mind, and that life can be rich and wonderous even when not much is going on) I will have given them a valuable gift. I worry that I am a bit of a laid back push-over and that DD is learning something about that, although I'm not quite sure what it is yet.
What values (in the same vague sense) do you impart to your children, deliberately or inadvertently?
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Values; deliberately and inadvertently?
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peacefuleasyfeeling · 10/05/2013 20:12
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