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Some Advice for Parents


 

1. Be their advocate and don’t give up on them. Appreciate who they are. Every child deserves at least one person who is 110% on their side.

 

2. The most important parenting skill is to manage yourself. Intervene before your own feelings get out of hand. Take care of yourself so you aren’t venting on your kids.

 

Parents Advice3. Set limits on behavior. Empathize with feelings (including the feelings they have about the limits you set). Both are important, neither by itself is successful.

4. Don't take it personally. Whatever your child does, it will be a lot easier for you to respond productively if you avoid getting hooked. Cultivate a sense of humor.

5. Expect age appropriate behavior. Be reasonable. They're kids. Don’t expect perfection, from your kids or yourself, and keep your priorities straight. Your child is taking shape before your very eyes. Her messy room matters much less than how she treats her little brother.

6. Avoid power struggles. No one wins a power struggle. Don't insist on being right. Help them save face.

7. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. All misbehavior comes from basic needs that aren't met. Meet their needs for sleep, nutrition, chill-out time, cuddling, connection, fun and safety. Let kids know in advance the behavior you expect. Then hold them accountable.

8. Your child is your best teacher about what he or she needs, from infancy on. Listen more than you talk. Listen with your heart.

9. Embrace change. What worked yesterday will not work tomorrow, so your parenting strategies need to evolve as your kids do. Each of us seems to get the perfect child to learn whatever we need to know!

10. Discipline, despite all the books written on it, doesn’t really work. The deepest reason kids cooperate is that they love you and want to please you. Above all, safeguard the relationship.

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

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