My Favorite Four-Letter Words: “Kids” and “Love”
The greatest word in the whole dictionary is love. Love your children. Listen to them. Share with them. Remember that love is the most powerful medicine in the world.
Do not force them or drive them too hard. Set the example of what you want them to be. Try always to be a good model.
Children are impatient. They want to do right, but maybe they don’t know how. Maybe you haven’t taught them how. Being a good example is a powerful teaching device. This verse is accurate:
No written word
nor spoken plea
Can teach our youth
what they should be.
Nor all the books
on all the shelves.
It’s what the teachers
are themselves.
—Unknown
I think that’s it. Those teachers and coaches are the mothers and fathers, ...
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