Afterword

The magnificent wonder of being a parent is the knowledge that you have the power to model a world of delight, creativity, joy, effectiveness, excellence and success to your children: to mold your children into the kind of human beings that they can be proud of. Your actions and words are not unlike the fingers and tools that model clay. They can create courage or fear, esteem or self-loathing, strength or weakness, tenacity or irresolution, joy or ambivalence, wisdom or ignorance, tolerance or prejudice, hopefulness or hopelessness, passion or vapidity, empathy or indifference, excitement or lethargy.

It is disheartening to hear so many parents speak of what disappointments their children turned out to be, especially when we know that all children start out with the same chance for success. Your children are a direct result of what you make them: how you act in front of them, how you speak to them, and how much time and effort you put into giving them every opportunity possible to assure their chance for success.

You begin by creating a world for yourself that encompasses all of the qualities you would like your children to possess. You begin by taking care of yourself first, so that you become the kind of person who has the energy, clarity of mind and emotional stability to be a model of excellence to your children. Only then will you be a WIN-WIN parent: a parent who creates a family to which children want to belong.

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