What is the best legacy you want to pass on to your child

What is the best legacy you have ever received from your parents? It's not going to be a house, or land, a building, or money. This material inheritance can be taken away by others or squandered. Good habits, helpful stories in life, beautiful memories—a spiritual legacy that no one else can take away is a true legacy. This is a legacy that is not only good for your children, but also a legacy that can benefit the variety of people with whom you have a relationship with them. For example, if your children realize the golden rule of "don't let others do what I don't want to do" or "treat others the way you want them to be treated," it will be of great help not only to their personal development but also to the development of our society. In fact, this golden rule is a secret that has already been revealed in the midst of the world. Perhaps the problem is that we can not only know this golden rule with our heads, but also accept it with our hearts so that our children can have the habit of practicing it with their whole body. Therefore, the importance of home education cannot be overemphasized. 

"At present, it seems that home education has degenerated into entrance examination education. The excessive competition in our society, and the schooling of the students in line, have affected the family as well, and character education has become not a priority even in the home. However, the goal of home education should be to raise children into the right personalities and to develop them into mature social people. The goal of home education cannot be 'going to a prestigious university,' and parents should not be 'coaches' who manage their children's grades." 

Reading The Best Legacy (Tot, 2016), in which 25 social nouns, including Dennis Hong, Kang Ji-joo, Kim Young-ran, and Choi Jae-cheon, shared their own methods of home education, I took the time to think relatively seriously about what is the best inheritance I want to give my children. Clearly, it is not a tangible substance, but a correct lifestyle, or a good lifestyle, and a desirable attitude toward others, which was the legacy I wanted to convey most to my children. In addition to the importance of home education and the education of the head of the bob, as the saying goes, "The child is the mirror of the parents," I have come to realize the importance of setting an example of taking the initiative first from the parents. 

Every parent with a child will resonate that caring, courtesy, faith, love, and sharing are the best legacies a parent can give to a child. What social nouns also wanted to emphasize to their children were virtues such as respect and caring, gratitude and sharing, dreams and challenges, honesty and integrity. In other words, the inheritance you pass on to your children never has to be huge. For example, Seoul National University professor Lee Jun-gu, an authority on finance and microeconomics, says he always emphasizes five habits that he normally attaches importance to his children and disciples. Those five habits are nothing else, but rather "keeping good time commitments, eating healthy foods without skipping meals, exercising consistently, resting well, and not being stressed."

If you are a parent who is thinking of passing on a huge fortune to your children, I would recommend that you take a look at the painting by the Dutch painter Rembrandt called The Homecoming of the Prodigal Son in the twilight of his life. Then you will understand why the social nouns in this book place more emphasis on the mental and habitual attitudes of the children than on the material.

So, in conclusion, leave for your children little material inheritance and give them more of a spiritual legacy. That will be of great help to our homes and society at large.