Advice I Should Have Given My Kids

Advice I Should Have
Given My Kids
By: Will Robertson
Father of 5, Uncle to the rest

Introduction
• Once you are a parent all kids are your kids
• Kids don’t come with owner’s manuals,
therefore raising your kids is called “on the
job training”
• By the time parents learn how to raise their
kids, their kids have become parents
• This is the reason why Grandparents live as
long as they do
Advice I Should Have Given My Kids © 2013 by Will Robertson

Now that you are
here, be a kid.
Laugh, play, be
silly and have fun!

Learn how to read
before you enter
school, not three
years after that.
It’s a window to the
world.

Do not be overly
concerned about
how you look to
others. Many
secretly want to
look like you.

Learn to swim, ride
a bike, skate, hike
and camp out with
your family.

Ask someone to
explain the day and
night, the clouds, the
sun and the stars.
Go to the zoo or
aquarium and learn
about other animals.
Earth is home to all of
us.

Learn manners.
It helps define you
and opens many
doors for you as you
grow up.

Boys, learn to
respect and protect
girls and later
women.
Never abuse them in
any way.

Girls, learn how to
behave in the
company of boys
and later men;
especially when they
show you the
respect and dignity
you deserve.

As you enter high
school do so with a
good self-esteem.
It’s more than a
social contest where
you must change
who you are to be
accepted by others.

Learn music.
Music is the
universal language
of the human race.

Learn to avoid
prejudice and
judgment. You can’t
reach your highest
achievements if you
label others whose
culture you do not
understand.

As you enter schools
of higher learning
regard it as study for
your career, not just
a social club for
parties, drugs,
drinking or easy sex,
thinking it will all
work out.

Learn to accept
responsibility for your
choices and actions.
Every decision you
make is a permanent
turn on your road of
life.

Learn right from
wrong and do not
depend on laws to
regulate morality.
Cheating, stealing,
lying or harming
others permanently
diminishes who you
are.

Become part of your
community solution,
not just a bystander
wondering what’s
going on.
Choose your leaders
from a base of
knowledge, not a
rush of emotion.

Know that nations act
in ways individuals
might never consider.
Do not think the
crowd is always right.
Seek your own
knowledge before
you side with any
important decision.

Seek peace in all
matters of human
endeavor but do not
withdraw from
protecting your family,
your community or
your freedom.

FOCUS.
Do not allow yourself
to be constantly
distracted, pulling you
off course and away
from your goals.

Relax now and then.
Hard work is only a
virtue in a balanced
life.

Money is choice and
choice is freedom.
Learn about it. Save it.
Start with your first
paycheck and never
stop.
You will wake up one
day unable to work or
ready to retire and you
will need that money.

Turn off the TV.
Especially keep it
away from your kids
unless you don’t care
about the permanent
mind programming it
provides.

Care about the
human condition.
Know about your
planet family, not just
your neighbors. Small
acts of kindness may
be all they get that
day.

When your kids come
along enlist the care,
advice, guidance,
leadership and love
your elders bring to the
celebration.
You do not know what
they know and you will
not until you reach their
age.

Pay attention to your
kids; what they do,
where they go, who
they hang out with.
Set aside time for
them, not just for
working two jobs to
pay for your house,
your car or your
shoes.

Pay your way in life
when you are able.
Do not expect society
to continually provide
for you if you don’t do
it for yourself.

Avoid personal debt as
much as you possibly
can. It can be toxic.
Never use debt to buy
anything that
depreciates.
Debt is a choice that
can rob you of your
money and eventually
your dignity.

Do not be a victim.
You are not your
circumstances when
you have choices.
When you face hard
times stand tall and
become your own
leader.

Take personal
responsibility for your
health. Without it
nothing else matters.
Exercise and stay
mentally fit. Do not
expect Doctors or
pills to be responsible
for your quality of life.

In business matters
trust is everything.
Seek the advice and
guidance of
professionals but do
not ignore your
instinct.

As you mature join
those you grew up
with in a spirit of
mutual support and
happiness, not a
competition to stay
young.

Finally…
Take off the mask now
and then. Be yourself.
When it comes right
down to it, nobody really
cares about your car,
your shoes or your zip
code. If you think they do
then go back to slide # 1.
Love, Dad

Hope you enjoyed it
About the copyright… some photo images are
mine. Others were found on the Internet and are
not mine. The text is 100% mine and 90% of that
is based on personal experience. I think we
parents will never know what the other 10% is or
could be.

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