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Monday, November 2, 2015

35 Ways To Respect Your Parents

  • 1. Put away your phone in their presence
  • 2. Pay attention to what they are saying
  • 3. Accept their opinions
  • 4. Engage in their conversations
  • 5. Look at them with respect
  • 6. Always praise them
  • 7. Share good news with them
  • 8. Avoid sharing bad news with them
  • 9. Speak well of their friends and loved ones to them.
  • 10. Keep in remembrance the good things they did.
  • 11. If they repeat a story, listen like it's the first time they tell it.
  • 12. Don't bring up painful memories from the past
  • 13. Avoid side conversations in their presence.
  • 14. Sit respectfully around them
  • 15. Don't belittle/criticize their opinions and thoughts
  • 16. Avoid cutting them off when they speak
  • 17. Respect their age
  • 18. Avoid hitting/disciplining their grandchildren around them
  • 19. Accept their advice and direction
  • 20. Give them the power of leadership when they are present
  • 21. Avoid raising your voice at them
  • 22. Avoid walking in front or ahead of them
  • 23. Avoid eating before them
  • 24. Avoid glaring at them
  • 25. Fill them with pride even when they don't think they deserve it.
  • 26. Avoid putting your feet up in front of them or sitting with your back to them
  • 27. Don't speak ill of them to the point where others speak ill of them too
  • 28. Keep them in your prayers whenever possible
  • 29. Avoid seeming bored or tired of them in their presence
  • 30. Avoid laughing at their faults/mistakes
  • 31. Do a task before they ask you to
  • 32. Continuously visit them
  • 33. Choose your words carefully when speaking with them
  • 34. Call them by names they like
  • 35. Make them your priority above anything
Parents are treasure on this land and sooner than you think, that treasure will be buried. Appreciate your parents while you still can.

Source: Hassam Islam