What would you want your children to put first?

Question

We hear a lot of people say that school comes first, or safety comes first, or family comes first, and all those are certainty important, but if your child where to have a number one priority to focus on during their childhood, what would you want it to be?

Answer 1

I wouldn't pressure them to put anything first until they decided for themselves what it was that was most important to them. (Provided they are old enough) If they are young I'd tell them to put family first, as family will ALWAYS be there for them, no matter what.

Answer 2

I want my kids to be kids have have fun while they can but id also want them to focus on what they are passionate about, if my son or daughter was passionate about sports then they should play all the sports they can,. Learning new things to help them figure out a career when they turn 13 or 14 wouldnt be a bad thing either to focus on..

Answer 3

I want my kids to focus on being kids. To me, that entails a lot of things, like going to school, etc, but it also means just simply, being a kid. I feel that kids these days are WAY to concerned with trying get older as fast as they can, and in reality, they are wishing away the best time in their life, and time is something that I think people should use wisely, because you can never get it back.

Answer 4

this is considered a question that cant be answered with a right or a wrong answer

my opinion is that i do have 5 children and although all that you mentioned should be put first i think that to lead your child in the right direction first will lead them to have good judgement on what they shall think should be first in there lifes will be the knowledge that everything you said is first nothng in a particular order but all together ( there fore to teach a child to put something first is to lead them down the right path )

Answer 5

i was abused for 15yrs and i feel that i now put myself first i always try to let myself be happy but i also know what is expected of my from my adopted parents like:



-my adopted dad teaches at my school so i know i need to do well in school cause he has a inside look of everything i do not like his bio kids who go to the school district we live in (they pay for me to stay in my original school cause he taught at my school and knew me then he learned i was abused then he reported it and his wife and him decided to adopt me)

-i care about my adopted family so i always try to be nice and be good and above all help out to prove they didnt make a mistake by adopting me

-i play sports so i also try as hard at them as i do school work

-i put religion up on my top because my adoptive family is very religious so im learning this with time becuase in my past i never went to church





thats pretty much what i put first

Answer 6

Family 1st then School and Safety, once they learn to respect family and family rules everything else will fall into place.

Answer 7

Learning is. Not only academic learning, also learning of good manners, and all kind of little bits of learning, for example tying shoelaces, playing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star on the piano, learning to cross the road safely, etc...

I am not a pushy mom though, I am aware he has many years in front of him to learn everything and he has plenty of playtime too.

Answer 8

school honestly. Family will be family through it all. I've gone through this far in life wishing someone had helped me (or forced me) to stay in school.

Without a proper education I've had to leave my family at ridiculous times to go to work in unsafe environments. School would have helped it all.

Answer 9

family, family is for a life time without support its hard to have the rest.

Answer 10

school. that way when they grow into adults they will have the education and the income to put their family first.

Answer 11

Being the best they can be. Put themselves first and the rest will follow suit.

Answer 12

figuring out what matters and that they're passionate about and getting the skills to have an impact on it

Answer 13

We are a Christian family so I want my kids to learn to put God first.



This is where our family values are, our beliefs & our thoughts.

Answer 14

i want, no expect no demand effort from my kids in all things that they do. That is what I want most of them to try their hardest at everything and anything that they try.

Answer 15

God first. Thumbs downs a comin'.