How to Connect with your kid

As parents, we wanted to bring out the best in our kids.  We want to see them grow in the way that we wanted them to grow and as God intended them to be.  We wanted to nurture the "leader" in our children.

One way to do this is to "step" into their "world".  Our main objective is not only to understand their generation today, but also to connect with them, right where they are.

Many parents today have the problem of "generation gap".  As for my experience, I oftentimes tried to go down the level of my kids, to befriend them.  Even trying my best to become their "best friend".  I always remind them how we, their parents, loved them and that there is no one, no other person, in the world (except God) who would love them the way we do.  I encouraged them to open up to us, ask anything they needed to know especially important issues regarding life and other things not so scary and serious.

Spending a lot of quality time with your kids will really help a lot on this generation gap issue.  And when you do this, you will not only gain the trust and friendship of your child, but you also have the opportunity to guide him or her well, and the joy of watching him or her grow (although this could also be a sad part, see our baby then is no longer a baby, he or she has grown up!), but that's one of our responsibilities and joy being a parent.  To guide them and to mold them in the way they should be is really challenging, full of tears and laughter.