Parents are said to be the first teachers of their children. Usually, parents’ influence their children on how they behave inside and outside of their home so it is very important that parents should watch their actions every time their children are around.

This is a truth about becoming a parent: to be a good example to your children and influence them to be a good person as they grow. But others still ask this question: How can we influence our children to be a good person if they are introduced to the community and different forms of media wherein different attitudes, acceptable or not acceptable, are seen or heard?

Yes, as parents neither we can’t control the media and persons who our children may encounter as they neither go to our home nor mold them like a pot. But we can do something to guide them in becoming a good person like being open to conversation with them so that we can be aware of their feedings. The important is we are always there behind them.

By: ERLINDA P. ALVAREZ | TEACHER I | PUTING BUHANGIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | ORION, BATAAN