How to be a Good Role Model Parent?

Kids learn everything by seeing their parents do it.

Once I was travelling by sub-urban train in Mumbai, India. When the ticket checker asked the lady sitting in front of me about her son's ticket, she said, "He is not yet five". As soon as the ticket checker left, the boy who heard all this, said to his mother " But ma, last month only we celebrated my fifth birthday", the lady was quite embarrassed and gave a sheepish smile to all the fellow passengers. The rest of the journey, which took about an hour and half, became tough for the mother as the boy kept on asking her the reason for lying.

By telling a lie, the lady set an example to her child that you can save money by lying and lying is okay.

As we see from this incident a wrong example has been observed by the child, do you think he will tell the truth if he is found doing something wrong?

Another scene that gets played in our daily life is when you tell someone who has called for your spouse that he or she is not at home, when they actually are, reinforces the lie in the child's mind. For the child it is okay to lie as mom and pop do it everyday.