What is the greatest gift that you could give your child?

I think that the greatest gift I could give my child, who doesn't exist yet, is to allow them to be him or herself rather than who they actually are, as some parents try to do. I feel this never works out and leads to resentment on the child's part.

Apart from the gift of life, i give my daughter quality time... This is not too difficult to do coz I am a stay-at-home mum...despite the young age of 7mos.. her daily routine includes reading picture books in the afternoon and a cuddle to sleep nap we share often... Making your chILd Feel secured about her surroundings along with her parents love for each other gives you a happy baby...

What life isn't enough..........now you think we need to shower them with gifts. Well, yeah we do, love is the biggest. Self confidence is another. They need to hear praise when they do things right and need ripped a new you know what when they are wrong. We need to teach them pride, respect, cleanliness, responsibilites, ect..... The list is never ending. Sometimes if you are really lucky, they teach you a few things in return.

I actually think that in this world the greatest gift you can give a child is life. With so many options that people have such as abortion life is the greatset gift. I think that love and understanding is important but if you haven't given the child life you couldn't show him/her love.

The freedom to be what they want to be. Too often, parents want to exercise control over their children, starting when they were still young. It is a good thing to have control over kids, specially when you want them to keep quite so you could enjoy your favorite TV program, or when you want them out of the house so you concentrate on your DIY projects. But letting them participate in decision making at home is far more difficult to implement. Teaching them responsibility and allowing them to learn to accept the consequences of their actions is a rather daunting task to accomplish, as kids are kids and they want to enjoy themselves unwary of the things that occur around them. What I want to give my kids is TIME: time for them to grow their own wings so they can fly anywhere they want. But in the meantime, I want this TIME to be spent by realizing that they have to be prepared and be trained for such a purpose. I want to give them LOVE: love that would nurture them to become responsible and sensitive to the needs of others so they can respond accordingly.

I think the greatest gift that parents can give to their child is being the best parents that they could be in all aspects. By that, they could raise better and well-mannered individuals.

Like you, I give my children my time and my love. Every little thing I do for each one of them is done with love. Love that has no conditions. We do all we can to make them enjoy a happy childhood life... a happy home that's free from any kind of tension, pressure or the feeling of separation within the family. We want them to enjoy being with friends outside the house, but have the yearning to come home to the family more than anything else. We are not rich, but we do our best to provide for whatever needs they have, and they teach them to prioritize what are the things they need most, that we can provide for them immediately. I am proud to say that at this point I can feel that my children are happy and content with their little lives and they make us, their parents, feel that there is nothing more important for them than to be with us all of the time.

i think the best thing you can give your kids is stability. also, an obvious one, love. kids need a lot of things so that they can grow up to be well rounded adults. one is the trust of a parent. they need understanding, unconditional love, a stable environment, they need to make some of their own mistakes and learn from them and they need approval. they dont really need all the toys and video games and stuff. they need some but not as much as many americans believe they need.