Responsibility to your family

The family is a small institution of the society, it constitute of parent and children with definite roles and responsibility. Responsibilities increases towards the extended members of the family and family bond is built as the members grow and the relationship developed become more complex.

The parent as the head of the family must specifically identify their responsibility and patiently help their children do same as they grow. The parent must take leadership role and carefully help to steer the wheel of the family to a life of permanent success. Beyond paying the bills, there are very important responsibilities that parent must assume in order to position their family on the right track and build a solid family institution that will survive generation after them.

As parents, one big responsibility we have is to become role models to our children; we must live up to expectation. Your children should look up to you and be able to emulate your character and personality. You must discipline yourself to keep up your personality and be the perfect example for your children both in morals and attitude. You owe it to your children to teach them to have respect for themselves and others, to believe in themselves and appreciate who they are, you must teach them to have integrity, boldness and be self motivated. Help them plan their lives as early as you can, don’t be that parent chasing everything else around with little or no time for the family, you must learn to build family bond and inspire love in your family. Don’t become so busy with work and business with no time to establish the rudiment of family institution, don’t watch your children develop hatred for one another, don’t be the type of parent that look up to your children for sustenance, be the one that lay up inheritance for your children and their generation, set them on the right footing and watch them grow to maturity.

To the youth and young adult, be responsible; be involved in the family institution and its development. If your parent fail to help you discover your personality at a tender age, its time to wake up, re-discover yourself, don’t be the one that’s 30 years old and still occupying space in your parents domain, if you are, be involved with the family maintenance and expenses. Don’t be big for nothing, but in responsibility, you have come of age, you can make decisions that will positively impact your life. Be a contributor, not a collector, it’s your responsibility to sustain the great virtues that your parent have instituted in the family, improve on it and help to keep your family on that level of permanent success. Don’t blame your present circumstance on your family, if you are not satisfied with your condition, it’s your responsibility to make a change and be the change you want to see in others.

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