Heavenly Father,
Make me a better parent
Teach me to understand my children,
to listen patiently to what they have to say,
and to answer all their questions kindly.
Keep me from interrupting them,
or contradicting them.
Make me as courteous to them
as I would have them be to me.
Forbid that I should ever laugh at their mistakes,
or resort to shame or ridicule if they displease me.
Bless me with the bigness to grant them
all their reasonable requests,
and the courage to deny them privileges
that I know will do them harm.
Make me fair and just and kind.
And fit me, O Lord,
to be loved and respected
and imitated by my children.
Amen.
This was a prayer that the former Executive Director at my organization shared with us. Her mother, who was born in 1923 cut the prayer from the newspaper and had it folded in her bible. A friend of mine from work found it again last week and shared it online. She wanted to share it in case those reading it might find it useful...it is and will be today and every other day of the rest of my life!
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