Your children are your precious gifts. During their early years, it is important to build a special bonding relationship to help them improve their personality.
Your way of parenting children will affect their social and moral status as they grow old. There are lots of things a parent can do to achieve this kind of development for their children.
Parents as their primary tutor should see the concept and importance of good parenting.
Ways to good parenting
Show love
Part of parenting children is by telling them how much you love them, how proud you are of their achievements and giving them a hug or a kiss everyday.
Make sure you recognize them and make them feel important to you.
Listen to your child talk
When your child tries to reason out or tell you something, you listen. Parenting children can be tiring and stressful but there is nothing more important than listening to your child, connecting to them through communication.
Make them feel safe
A child will always find comfort and security in their parents’ arms. It is your responsibility to provide that feeling of safety to your child. Practice trust with each other and let your child know you’re always there to protect them.
Parenting children will not be successful if your child doesn’t even trust or respect you. Provide comfort when they are scared and let them know everything’s going to be okay.
Order in their lives
Your child engages on several activities that they often find it hard to set their priorities in life. A good way of parenting children is to help them manage their time well.
Help them set a time for everything so they become better time managers. If you think you need to change their schedule, inform them ahead of time to avoid tantrums and complaints.
Be consistent
Be consistent in disciplining your child. If you have set of rules that your children need to follow, stick to them. Parenting children can be tough especially when your children are too attached.
Do not bend to their whims and cries. Rules are made to be followed, you break them, your children will likely to repeat their violations.
Spend quality time
Time is important. Parenting children requires you to spend time with them. If you’re working parents, make sure you don’t neglect joining them for dinner, or tell those stories before bedtime. Make sure you plan a short vacation with your children on their school break.
Criticize their behavior, not the child
When your child makes a mistake, do not take it out on them. Parenting children requires you to be more patient and understanding.
Let them understand the downside of what they’ve done. Give them a chance and tell them the next time its going to happen, they will be punished.
Praise their achievements
A child’s achievement brings them so much joy and pride. If they come to you to show their special awards, acknowledge them and motivate them to improve their talents.
