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/^t/'Actions speak for themselves' - so a good example is particularly crucial. That is why it is the parents who constitute the most important factor as far as rearing children is taken into account. If the parents themselves are mature, clever, and want to fullfil their parental roles as well as possible the success is guaranteed. Such parents are, no doubt, capable of providing their children with a firm guidance. The children are not smacked but still able to recognize the boundaries and limits that cannot be overcome. Such young people provided with help develop proper reaction techniques; they are much more eager to cooperate and their emotions are easier to be controlled. Being a parent demands a lot of involvment, sacrifice, patience, and most of all, hard work. But it is also a rewarding job. The happiness is great when a child appreciates the efforts taken to bring it up. Parents must be responsible and motivated as they influence a child's nature during their formative years and teach them how to behave, what set of values to obey, which rules to follow. The right must be given to them to take a decision. And when it is necessary smacking should be accepted too.