Originally Posted by ioan
Believe me, I didn't even think about authority, I though about wanting to give it your best to help them as much as possible.
What I want my future kids to learn is:
1. to trust themselves first of all
2. to respect life of any kind
3. to make the best of the opportunities that they get in life
in that exact order of importance.
I learned all the above on my own and I would like to be able to help them discover these three things about life by the time they leave home, until than I would do my best to be a worthy example for them and first of all to be honest to them.
There isn't much more you can do, especially if they spend more time at school then with the parents.