10 commandments for parents

10 commandments for parents from Janusz Korczak - these are the rules that the great teacher deduced over the years of his difficult work.

Janusz Korczak is an outstanding Polish teacher, writer, doctor and public figure. Read about Korczak's amazing life and tragic death here.

In this post I will give 10 rules for parents, which Janusz Korczak considered to be a kind of parenting commandments.

So, here are 10 commandments for parents from Janusz Korczak.

Korczak's 10 commandments for parents

Do not expect that your child will be like you or the way you want. Help him become not you, but himself.
Do not ask your child to pay for everything you have done for him. You gave him life, how can he repay you? He will give life to another, he will give life to a third, and this is an irreversible law of gratitude.
Do not take out your grievances on the child, so that you do not eat bitter bread in old age. For whatever you sow, it will rise.
Don't look down on his problems. Life is given to everyone according to his strength, and be sure - it is no less difficult for him than for you, and maybe more, since he has no experience.
Don't humiliate!
Do not forget that the most important meetings of a person are his meetings with children. Pay more attention to them - we can never know who we meet in a child.
Do not torment yourself if you cannot do something for your child, just remember: not enough is done for the child if everything possible is not done.
A child is not a tyrant who takes over your whole life, not just a fruit of flesh and blood. This is that precious cup that Life has given you for the preservation and development of creative fire in it. This is the liberated love of a mother and father, who will not grow “our”, “our” child, but a soul given for safekeeping.
Know how to love someone else's child. Never do to someone else what you would not want yours to do.
Love your child with anyone - untalented, unlucky, adult. When communicating with him - rejoice, because the child is a holiday that is still with you.