Many parents teach their kids about household chores, practical tasks, academics, religion, sports and how to choose the right career in the future. However, teaching kids about how to have a successful marriage is a lot rarer.
Modern Mom shared some parenting tips that parents can use when advising their kids about marriage. Hopefully, these tips can help kids choose carefully and wisely in the future.
1. Talk to your kids about marriage and divorce facts.
Tell them that choosing a spouse is one of the most important decisions that they will make in life. You can also show them how divorce or annulment can negatively impact the different aspects of a person's life.
"If you have divorces in your family, use examples of other incompatible couples to make your points about what they should avoid, a good way to offer advice without attacking their personal choices," the article advised.
2. Provide examples of ideal traits and characteristics.
You can find great examples of a spouse's ideal traits and characteristics from your daily life, family, friends, articles, news, movies, TV shows and books. Make sure that you always verbalize your opinion and thoughts to your kids every time you see an ideal trait that they should look for in a lifetime partner.
3. Know more about their dates.
Make sure that you know at least the basic details about the person your child is dating. You can also try to spend time with the couple and see how they treat each other and how your child's date treats you. Offer your observations and try to give some gentle suggestions.
4. Talk with them about sex and family planning.
"Studies have shown, for example, that teens who talk about sex with a parent are more likely to delay sex, have fewer sexual partners, and use condoms and birth control when they do have sex," Huffington Post explained. If your child gets pregnant or gets someone pregnant without being mentally, emotionally and financially ready, it can destroy your child's career and future.
Always remember that kids are not programmed as experts in romance and relationships. Parents have a responsibility to help and guide their children to have a successful marriage in the future.
