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Agree. Dream big. We, as parents, need to be sure we teach what it is is that our children will need to do to achieve that dream. Operative words are "our children" not what Mommy and Daddy will do but what our children will need to do to stay on course to their goal of the big dream.
Well I raised three of them, in their 30's now, and their Big Dreams changed at least 5 times each! Forget keeping them on course and instead concentrate on teaching them to be wise, caring, thinking, able to pick themselves up after a fail, responsible adults. Then they can chase whatever course they have chosen at the moment and be successful at it.
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Agree. Dream big. We, as parents, need to be sure we teach what it is is that our children will need to do to achieve that dream. Operative words are "our children" not what Mommy and Daddy will do but what our children will need to do to stay on course to their goal of the big dream. Well I raised three of them, in their 30's now, and their Big Dreams changed at least 5 times each! Forget keeping them on course and instead concentrate on teaching them to be wise, caring, thinking, able to pick themselves up after a fail, responsible adults. Then they can chase whatever course they have chosen at the moment and be successful at it. [/quote Agree, but I might also add the installation of integrity and dignity to that list. I think these things with the things you listed are exactly a way to "keep them on course" because, if they have those qualities, they can achieve their big dreams and accomplish almost anything they want in life.
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Bb [quote=Cjrae]
Agree. Dream big. We, as parents, need to be sure we teach what it is is that our children will need to do to achieve that dream. Operative words are "our children" not what Mommy and Daddy will do but what our children will need to do to stay on course to their goal of the big dream. Well I raised three of them, in their 30's now, and their Big Dreams changed at least 5 times each! Forget keeping them on course and instead concentrate on teaching them to be wise, caring, thinking, able to pick themselves up after a fail, responsible adults. Then they can chase whatever course they have chosen at the moment and be successful at it. [/quote Agree, but I might also add the installation of integrity and dignity to that list. I think these things with the things you listed are exactly a way to "keep them on course" because, if they have those qualities, they can achieve their big dreams and accomplish almost anything they want in life. Yes, we agree, which makes you 100% Right!
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Bb [quote=Cjrae]
Agree. Dream big. We, as parents, need to be sure we teach what it is is that our children will need to do to achieve that dream. Operative words are "our children" not what Mommy and Daddy will do but what our children will need to do to stay on course to their goal of the big dream. Well I raised three of them, in their 30's now, and their Big Dreams changed at least 5 times each! Forget keeping them on course and instead concentrate on teaching them to be wise, caring, thinking, able to pick themselves up after a fail, responsible adults. Then they can chase whatever course they have chosen at the moment and be successful at it. [/quote Agree, but I might also add the installation of integrity and dignity to that list. I think these things with the things you listed are exactly a way to "keep them on course" because, if they have those qualities, they can achieve their big dreams and accomplish almost anything they want in life. Yes, we agree, which makes you 100% Right! Yup! Knew it all along.:-)
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Something a little closer to home for all of us is the life and times of Johnny Football. A kid who grew up entitled. Entitled to miss meetings and be late for practice because on Saturday he was the hero and made everyone happy and others a lot of money. It didn't matter if he partied till all hours as long as he was the hero on game day.
He never faced the consequences for his misbehavior. He never learned the effects it had on those around him.
His greatest dream was to be an NFL QB and he has all but blown it. Today he is our problem. Today we work to raise a man who should have been raised as a child.
Bravo! 
Intoducing for The Cleveland Browns, Quarterback Deshawn "The Predator" Watson. He will also be the one to choose your next head coach.
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A rod and a reprimand impart wisdom, but a child left undisciplined disgraces its mother.
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http://www.nj.com/union/index.ssf/2015/12/arrest_made_in_kean_twitter_threat.htmlTwitter threats to black Kean students made by black alum, police say A recent Kean graduate has been charged with being responsible for a series of tweets threatening black students at the school two weeks ago, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace H. Park announced Tuesday. Kayla-Simone McKelvey, 24, of Union – a black alum who graduated in May – was charged by summons with third-degree creating a false public alarm.
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