A Parents Prayer

A Parents Prayer 


Oh, God , make me a better parent.

Help me to understand my children,



To listen patiently to what they have to say

And to answer all their qustions kindly.



Keep me from interrupting them,

Talking back to them and contradicting them

Make me as courteous to them

As I would have them be to me.



Give me the courage to confess my sin

Against my children and to ask of them forgiveness, when I know that I done ,

them wrong.



May I not vainly hurt the feelings ,

of my children.



Forbid that I should laugh at their

mistakes or resort to shame and ridicule as punishment.



Let me not tempt a child to lie and steal

So guide me hour by hour that I may

demonstrate, By all I say and do tat honestly

produces happiness.

Reduce , i pray the meanness in me.



May i cease to nag

And when i am out of sorts,

Help me ,O Lord , to hold my tongue.



Bind me to the little errors of my children

And help me to see the good things that

they do, give me a ready word for honest praise.





Help to treat my children as those of

their own age, But let me not exact of them

the judgments and conventions of adults.

Allow me not to rob them of the opportunity

to wait upon themselves,

To think, to choose, and to make decisions.



Forbid that I should ever puish them for my

self satisfaction.

And have the courage always to withhold a ,

privilege that I know will do them harm.



Make me so fair and just , so considerate and,

companionable to my children that they will,

have a genuine esteem for me.

Fit me to be loved and imitated by my children

With all thy gifts, Oh God do give

me calm and poise and self control.