DIAGNOSIS / PARENTS

Describe what kind of friends you want your children to be: loyal? generous? honest? kind... What do you want their relationships with their siblings to look like? How do you want them to behave toward adults? teachers? older siblings? How do you want them to treat the poor? the weak? the less popular? What do you want their relationships with God to look like? Describe what kind of workers you want them to be. Which virtues will you cultivate in them and how: humility? kindness? patience? gratitude? Which behaviors do you want to keep from taking root: complaining? gossip? laziness? How do you want them to use their tongues: to heal? wound? refresh? tempt?... Will they learn more from your example or your words?