Planted elderberries with the whole family recently.

The 2 year old took the long handled pruning loppers and was mimicking the actions I was doing with the post hole digger.

Very cute and a great reminder that as the father, I need to provide a good exemple for my children. They will mimic not only my physical actions, but also my virtues and vices. The parents are the first teachers of their children, both in the intentional and unintentional.

#parenting

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100%. I hear my kids use my exact language when dealing with other people. Most of the time it makes me happy to hear it lol

Also my son that has never been interested in planting or the garden is now the first one out to harvest things when they’re ready (especially when it’s fruit)

Well said, it all starts at home.