PARENTS PRAYER




Dear God, make us better parents.
Teach us to understand our children,
to listen patiently to what they have to say
and to answer all their questions kindly.
Keep us from interrupting or contradicting them.
Make us as courteous to them as we want them to be to us.



Help us to never punish them for our own selfish
satisfaction, or to show our power.
Let us not tempt our children to lie or steal
And to guide us daily, that we may demonstrate
by all we say and do that honesty produces happiness.



When we are out of sorts, help us to hold our tongue.
May we never ever be mindful that our children are
children and we should not expect them to act like adults.



Help us not to rob them of the opportunity to wait on
themselves and to make decisions.
Bless us with the bigness to grant them all their
responsible requests and the courage to deny them
privileges we know will do them harm.



Make us fair, just, and kind parents.
We pray for calmness, poise and self-control
and fit us to be loved, respected and imitated
by our children.



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