Raise Your Own Child

If your child’s religious leader can choose the lessons she teaches, you might ask her to teach a lesson on the goal you are pursuing. Or you can ask her if she could watch for positive changes in your child and complement them. If you are trying to help your child be kinder to others, a leader can be asked to notice when your teen is being kind, and to comment on it. This reinforces what you are doing, but still makes you the primary leader in the process.

A school teacher has too many students to be able to focus in on a single child. However, if you set a goal that your child will be responsible for his own homework, you may want to discuss this goal with the teacher. He can tell you how he is able to support you in your goal. He can’t do it for you, but he can help. Most parents never meet their child’s teachers, particularly after they reach middle school, but these teachers are very important and it can be helpful to know who they are.

Choose your support network as you set your goals. Think about the small ways they can help you as you work with your child. Maintain your own leadership however, rather than relying on others to do the job for you.

Raise your own child.

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