Getting Along With Your Son

According to experts in family relationships they recommend the following strategies to bring up your son:

1. Be his friend.
2. Expose him to various situations.
3. Let him decide what he wants to do in life.
4. Make him a hero.
5. Encourage him to read.
6. Have good friends for his sake.
7. Forgive his mistakes.
8. Give him your time.
9. Don't criticize him in front of others.
10. Teach him to be responsible.
11. Teach him to learn to lose and to enjoy winning.
12. Don't mollycoddle him.
13. Don't make comparisons.
14. Put yourself in his shoes.

From an email received May 2008