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Part Two: Raising Children Learning the time-tested, proper methods to raise children is a vital task for all parents. A child who is smart but weak will probably not be successful with their personal goals, just as a child who is strong but not smart will not succeed either. A child must usually triumph in both areas in order to be personally successful. In some families, parents have intelligent children, but parents simply do not know anything about how to raise them to be strong, savvy, independent, and moral. As a result, children are more likely to cause trouble for themselves and for others - then the parents are puzzled over what went wrong with their parenting. In order for children to be smart, strong AND virtuous, parent must have available parenting resources, acquired knowledge, and adequate time to raise and teach their children how to be solid members of society. Since families interpret and implement their own parenting styles differently, there are essentially four types of families existing in the world today: 1. A family that has time but no knowledge. 2. A family that has knowledge but no time. 3. A family that has no knowledge NOR time. 4. A family that has both knowledge AND time. In the first three types of families, children receive very little moral training. Some children are born into wealthy families and have every material possession that they want, yet they can receive little parental supervision (Group #2). These children have a high chance of becoming misled. Children raised by parents who have both knowledge and time generally receive continuous Family Day By Day 45 Raising Children