Learning kindess and respect

  I want to teach my children to learn to respect themselves and others.  I want them to know that in spite of what others do they are responsible for themselves, by how they respond/react.

  I feel that the best way to teach is by example.  Therefore I want to surround them with good people.  Good values. Good examples.   NO, I'm not saying that I'm the perfect example, even though I am trying, but at least I have control over who they associate with and who they see and look up to for their examples.

  I know, I can't shelter my kids their whole lives.  They will have to go out into the world someday.  Why not keep them home with me while they are young and mold able.  ;)

  My goal or reasoning is teach them as much as I can and as long as I can.  If my children, at their ages, are still wanting to be home with me, and around me I'm gonna take advantage of that! :)  I'm gonna keep them with me and teach them as much as possible.  About life, The Savior, and being respectful and kind.  So one day, when they don't want to be around me, which I hope is never, then I know that I taught them the best I could.

  The Savior is the best example for kindness.  If I teach my children about Christ, and to love Christ, by having Him as the center of our learning, then someday they may be like Him or as close as possible.

Feeling inadequate

Some days I just want to throw in the towel.  I do.  I feel inadequate to teach my children so many things that this world requires me to teach.  I don't feel like the way the world wants things to be is important.  No I don't.  I feel like what is important is teaching about Christ.  How to be like him.  That, to me, is the most important of all.  If someone goes about their life not caring about Christ, or others, to me that is the worst thing anyone could possibly do, or be.  I want my children to learn to be like Christ.  To love like him.  To be loving and kind like him.  Why isn't this the most important thing in our world today?  Why don't we teach or children to be like Christ?  Why is the worldly things so much more important in our world now days?  Christ is my life, my center.  I want my children to feel that way too.  I want my children to think, WWJD?  When they are confronted with things of this world, temptations.  

Yes, Knowledge is important.  The most important thing?  NO!  To be learned is good, but to be learned and to not KNOW the Savior?  That is the worst sin, in my eyes.  

I know that to be in this world we do need to learn and to be the best we can be.  I believe that to do so we need The Lord.  He can help us to be who we are meant to be.  To be the best we can.  To know him first then we can succeed in all we do.  Trust him then all will fall into place!  

I want my children to know this.  If they Trust God, and do His will they will be successful!  Of course we do need to do our part. Faith without works is dead.  So therefore I want to teach my children to read, to write.  To serve!  To learn all they can in this world.  But Christ comes first!!  And foremost.  

To teach my children reading, writing and arithmetic, I need the Lord!  I don't know everything.  I teach what I know and what I don't know I learn.  I am not perfect.  But I am doing my best.  I am working everyday to do better.  Some days I don't have motivation.  Some days I am ready to conquer the world. 

The Lord makes up for what I lack.  He is my rock and my Savior.  When I can't do what everyone expects of me he carries me through.  He helps me when I falter.  He lifts me when I'm down.  If I didn't have him in my life, I would have NOTHING.  He is my EVERYTHING!