Responsibilities of Parents and Children to each other

Parenting is a great responsibility and a demanding job that many parents are not truly prepared when they enter into it. Regardless of the couple’s lifestyle, the preparation to become a parent involves proper planning. There are things to be considered before deciding to raise a family.

Parents have the right to raise their children, but children also have rights that parents should have to uphold. These are the rights:

1. The right to be born well
2. The right to have a wholesome family
3. The right to have proper nutrition, adequate clothing, sufficient shelter, and proper medical attention
4. The right to have education and personal development
5. The right to have material security
6. The right to be loved, cared of, guided and counseled by parents and elders

Parents are expected to perform their primary responsibilities such as:

1. Physical care- parents must take care of the child and help the child pass each stage of growth and development successfully and grow as a normal and healthy individual

2. Inculcating discipline- disciplining their child is responsibility of both parents. It should start early; defined set of rules must be established.

3. Providing experience to develop social competence- parents must provide their children opportunities for education/learning- parents must help their children develop their potentials. Parents must find time to teach their children aside from sending them to school.

4. Training the children to be a good member of the society – basic training to follow order, to cooperate in worthwhile activities, to be a sport, to be self-sufficient and to have self discipline. As the children grow, the values they learn at home are carried over to the community

5. Training the children to be responsible- parents must give their children simple tasks