The most effective way to curb children is to make them active participants of their behavioral education. Letting them become active players in the game of making good and well informed choices. As well as a chance to cooperate, an opportunity to ask questions, to understand and to be involved in their own education, is the most respect you can give your children.

Do not be confused. Teaching by example is not a parenting style nor is it a choice any parent has. Children mimic, which is how they learn. When you find truly irritating habits in your child, remember to first look in the mirror. There is a “reason why” it is affecting you at such a gut level. It is something that, most likely, you don’t want to look at in yourself. There is a simple cure to most of these cases. To keep your child from copying those behaviors, change yourself.

A good foundation is the structure that helps children build a healthy and strong morality code. While a solid foundation could be built on evil principles, a good foundation is built from good examples and good expectations building good principles.