Parenting is a much-underrated subject that most people avoid discussing. Since raising a child in this world and at this very moment is stressful, parents should learn the essential ways to incorporate discipline in their parenting. Hopefully, these tips will at least get them started in thinking about proper child parenting.

Most parents’ goal is to do parenting well. As much as possible, they want to avoid giving kids’ lessons, hope they get through life struggles and wish everything turns out okay. But these things don’t happen in an instant that’s why there’s a need for guidance and experience-based learning. The need to have a default response is essential at times since most parents don’t have an idea where to start.

Parenting Tips

• Consider following a parenting plan where you should be able to understand the importance of advance thinking. The people that need to be involved in your kids’ lives and how they can influence them are still part of your job.

 

 

• Set goals and boundaries as to what you want your kids to achieve in life whether in school, community or even at home. Help your children to continue to grow and encourage them to step out on their independence by following exact boundaries. Cultivate their knowledge and skills so they would know their function in the world they are living in.

 

• Always remember that you are the parent. Children will reach the age where they think they can handle almost everything. It will create a complication once they assume they know more than you do as a parent. Instead of allowing kids to demand their rights, you as a parent will still need to be a tone-setter inside the home.

 

• Make kids understand that you’re the one that should lead and guide them in their life choices. And when certain expectations aren’t met, let them know that consequences and punishments are inevitable. Make sure that you make it very clear to the children that it is your responsibility to take care of them and they have to follow the rules.

 

• Listening to your children is necessarily essential. Since their developmental stage is prone to confusions and curiosity, always be there to guide them and make them understand. Help them to figure out what they can do, what they want, and whoever they want to be. Try to support their ideas and build a lasting relationship with them. Show the kids’ value, listen to them, and create a meaningful conversation.

 

• Even if you can decide for your kids, you need to allow them to express themselves. Be open to the idea of how they understand different situations. Don’t lock them in a box where there’s only right or wrong. Allow them to respond to their surroundings with their understanding. This way, you can help them build confidence and self-worth. Encourage your kids to develop the emotional, physical, and mental capabilities.

 

 

No one said that parenting was easy. It creates stress and a lot of work. But if you put in mind that what you do is beneficial for your child’s overall development, you’ll realize that your contribution matters.

 

Every time a baby whines, we immediately stand on our feet and find means to soothe them. Are parents too ready to give in to their baby’s wants? The thought of disciplining an infant is just so hard after all they are just tiny helpless humans?

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Bullying is one of the significant issues faced by students nowadays. Bully is an unwanted and aggressive behavior done by an individual usually a child or teen through real or perceived power imbalance like popularity, physical strength and access to embarrassing information to control and harm classmates or kids. It includes anything simple like spreading malicious rumors to physical aggression and even sexual assault. In essence, bullying is an abusive use of power. Studies show that even at a young age, children also seek the feeling of being in control and powerful. Often, bullies were at one point powerless in their life and realized that power is the better end of the stick. Abusing power through bullying can be addictive just like a potent drug. Another possible reason is the bully is hurting, and he used intimidation as a maladaptive defense mechanism. 

Provide a compassion and respectful relationship since the child is small.Parents are advised by experts to teach their children about bullying and how to handle such situations. Since whether we like it or not, children might experience bullying at one point in their life. The goal is not to bully-proof your child’s life but instead provide support to help him develop awareness and skill to protect himself and seek help. Research revealed the bullying could start in preschool and increases as kids grow. In general, surveys reveal that about 40 to 80 percent of school-age children participate in bullying behavior which shows the bullying is already ingrained in the school culture. Many children stated that they were subjected to bullying but also bullied others at one point. With these findings, experts recommended culture of school transformation, conflict resolution training, and restorative justice circles. Despite the efforts of school administration, it is still a struggle to curb the problem of bullying. The parents then equip their kids on how to stand up against bullying behavior.

The best way to prevent bullying and to be a bully is to provide a loving and respectful environment for the child. Do not use physical violence to punish and to solve conflicts since research has supported that it is associated with bullying behaviors.

Communicate with your child no matter what, and often kids are embarrassed to admit that they are being bullied. Always remember to have a good relationship with your child. Prioritize your relationship with your child more than anything.

Show confidence

Show your child that you don’t back down quickly just to avoid making a scene. Experiment ways on how to assert your rights respectfully. Remember your child is learning from you and his surroundings.

Teach your child respectful self-assertion.

Practice with your child’s words and phrases to say when somebody is bullying him or taking advantage of him. Examples are:

“It’s my turn to play now.”

“Please stop that.”

“Take your hands off me.”

“I don’t like being called that. I want you to address me by my name.”

Just when you thought you’re done suffering from your child’s terrible twos stage, parents soon realize that preschool years are not exactly a walk in the park. As the preschooler expands his/her independence, he will develop a new set of behavioral problems. Take these changes as regular part of growing up and accept misbehavior as a learning process to realize the consequences of breaking the rules, and as time goes by, your preschooler will turn out wiser and more prepared for decision making. Experts gather and discussed the most common preschooler behavioral problems and how can parents address these issues.

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People call them terrible twos for something. Have you found yourself in the negotiation table with none other than your 2-year-old over wearing the queen Elsa dress in class picture day? Have you experienced the judgmental stares from everybody in the supermarket when your child was throwing tantrums?  

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Becoming a mother to a newborn baby can be overwhelming and challenging all at the same time. The journey of a new mother can be tough in the beginning but all the sleepless nights and exhausting mommy duties will be worth it. There is nothing more exciting than taking good care of your child, whom you have carried in your womb for nine months.

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