Adventures in Parenting

It may surprise you to know that my children do not like to drink soda.

We basically like to drink water. When we go out to eat, we save a lot of money because we don’t order any soft drinks. It’s great.

I didn’t drink soda growing up and never liked it. So when I had children, I never bought soda for my children to drink. They didn’t drink it growing up, and they’ve never gotten into the habit of drinking soda.

What you don’t bring into your house, your children will likely not get into the habit of it.

If you don’t want your children to drink alcohol, don’t have it in your house. That means you don’t drink alcohol either.

If you don’t want your children to be involved in premarital sex, don’t allow it into your house through the TV.  That means don’t watch those shows that shows casual sex as normal. That just about cuts out 75% of shows on TV. So don’t turn on your TV.

If you don’t want your children to use bad words, don’t allow it into your house by using those words yourself, or through the TV. I know people will bring into their homes “good” movies that includes language that children are not allowed to use. Well, if you bring those movies into your home, your children will hear the cussing and will get used to that kind of language. Are they really “good” movies to bring into your house?

Our children will take in what we bring into our homes. If we want our children to grow up well, it is pretty easy to see that we need to be careful about bringing in only good values into our home.