Begin with the Children

Children enter the world innocent, loving, caring, and trusting. They are cute, small, brand new and totally helpless. Each child's life has this same starting point, regardless of outside circumstances. The moment a child is born is the starting point for parenting!

Good parenting begins with the decision to be a good parent. Universally, conscientious parents want what's best for their precious newborn child. In this natural mindset, the Begin with the Children program invites parents of newborns to have a "Chat with their new Baby."

From this "chat" parents learn "three parent things" that, if followed, will help them teach their child in an effective manner. Then they are invited to make a Parent's Pledge to be a good parent. Many sources show that early intervention is vital because early advantages accumulate just as early disadvantages do. Only parents can start their child down the early advantage path. ¹

Poor parenting knows no bounds. It stalks the wealthy and the poor, the educated and the uneducated, the famous and the unknown, and the good and the bad. When parents forsake their sacred trust, children learn hurt, pain, disappointment, rejection, hate and other negative lessons, leading far too many of them to adopt anti-society attitudes. Rejection and disappointment within the family circle is the root cause of most crimes, drug abuse, teenage pregnancies, poor grades, rebellion and the list goes on and on. For this to change, good parenting must begin with a child's birth.

Good parenting is life's richest reward. Begin with the Children is a recipe for success in this rewarding endeavor. It's actually a rather simple recipe:

Start with A Chat with Your Baby and learn about the "three important parent things."
Make the decision to be a good parent by signing the Parents Pledge.
Use the three important parent things 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, until the child is an adult.
Continue to seek information and training to acquire, improve and strengthen parenting skills.
Live the life you want your children to live.

Before you know it, you are in your 50's, 60's and 70's enjoying your equally well-parented grandchildren. Through good parenting, the children of the rising generation are taught to be outstanding, conscientious, well-mannered and morally upright people. In turn, they pass it on to their children. Thus, Ganhdi's cycle of true peace is realized.

1. University of Chicago economist, James Heckman, and traditional teachings like Proverbs 22:6... "Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it."