Father raised 8 children easily thanks to 25 "secrets" his wife told him before she passed away
Thanks to the 15 rules passed down by his wife, the British father has raised his children easily for the past 8 years and continues to apply them to his 5 grandchildren.
Mr Ian Millthorpe, 56 years old in Yorkshirewent through a difficult time when his wife passed away in 2010, leaving behind 8 children, 5 of whom were under 14 years old. Luckily, theBefore she passed away, the wife passed on the secret to her husband.
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Three of Ian's eight children are married. Photo:Mirror. |
The rules are very ordinary, but they actually have deep meaning to the family.
1. Braiding hair for girls
2. Must do homework before going to bed
3. Must be home before dark
4. Watch TV selectively
5. Don't bite your nails
6. Choose your boyfriend/girlfriend carefully
7. Go to Thornwick for a family vacation (a place with many family memories)
8. Be strict with your children
9. Check your baby's hair
10. Only sit at the computer for one hour a day
11. Remember to give Ella (the youngest) her meningitis booster shot.
12. Do not iron at high temperatures
13. Don't leave Ella alone in the bathroom.
14. Don't feed them too many sweets.
15. Avoid sunlight on hot days.
Ian and his wife Angie were married in 1985. In 2008, Angie was diagnosed with lung cancer. From that moment on, she began writing down what she needed to know about raising her children. Before she died, she gave him a piece of paper - a list of rules for raising eight children.
"All the kids were home before dark," joked Ian, a retired miner.During the first years after his wife's death, he tried to teach his children according to his wife's rules, but then some rules could not be rigid, but had to be adjusted.For example, if you sit at the computer for an hour, and there is homework to be done on the computer, it is difficult to limit it to that time.
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Ian's children all study well, and the grown-up children have stable jobs. Photo: Mirror. |
Rule 16 is scrawled across the wall, reminding Ian to take care of himself and his children during the summer. For years, he has forced his children to apply sunscreen as his wife demands.
Wife died when youngest daughter EllaShe was only three, now almost 10. "The first Christmas without her was really hard. When I got to school, the teacher said, 'Mr Millthorpe, you're in for a surprise.' And Ella came out and started swaying to the music.I felt the parents turn to look at me when my daughter sang. My eyes welled up and I wished Angie could see her too," he confided to the newspaper.Mirror.
At first, this father also found it difficult to be strict with his children, when they had just lost their mother. Fortunately, the children were obedient and well-behaved. "The biggest thing I learned was not to give in to them and always praise them when they did well," he added.
The widower is grateful that his wife made raising his children easier. Although she has been gone for many years, he has no intention of remarrying, because Angie’s name is heard every day in the family. He continues to apply the above list to raising his five children and believes that this secret will be passed down through the family for many generations.
