Lawrence Balter

As a parent, you will often serve as an inadvertent example to your child. A child will model himself after you in many areas: how you deal with frustration, settle disagreements and cope with not being able to have the things that you want, to name just three.

A toddler believes that if you love a person, you stay with that person 100 percent of the time.

The best way to teach children restraint and generosity is to be a model of those qualities yourself.