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30 Things to Teach Your Son
Teach them at an early age and you can have a gentleman in the making.
We just found out that we are going to have a baby.
“It’s a boy!”
And immediately, all the wonderful, both practical & emotional, essential life skills that I will need to teach him flashed before my eyes. Parenting expert Dr. Meg Meeker says we should parent our boys with an image in our minds of what we want them to be like at age 25.
I recollected the times when I did not speak up when I should have, when I made a mistake that I did not admit, when I missed an opportunity to be good to others, and when I behaved opposite to what a true gentleman would have. And I do not want my son to repeat them.
There are so many things that I simply can’t wait to teach my son, so I’ve compiled them into a list of 30 things.
Play with passion or don’t play at all
There is no point doing something just for the sake of it
When entrusted with a secret, keep it
Invest even when you think you do not have enough
Return a borrowed car with a full tank of gas
Carry two handkerchiefs. The one in your back pocket is for you. The one in your…
