Thursday, February 12, 2009

Parenting goals

We discussed parenting goals for this New Year. One of the crucial steps that could be taken by parents is trying to understand and interpret child’s point of view during any conversation. Depending upon the kid’s age, he or she can be included in conversation and their points should be taken in serious light. This way, child will also feel self-importance and their self esteem is sure to improve further. When parents ask children questions like what do you think about this, or what’s your opinion about this issue or what do you recommend in such situations etc instills a sense of decision making in children. Hearing out children’s voice and opinions is a wonderful way to improve parents-kids relationships.

Now a days, children are indulged in several creative, recreational and vocational courses. Often they perform well and sometimes they are not so good at the performance chart. Here, what parents can do is to congratulate and celebrate each and every success of their kids. It could be in form of eating out or giving them a hug or spending meaningful time with them. There are hundreds of ways to show affection to kids and trust me, they love it. Parents must grab each and every opportunity to shower appreciation to the children. Parents should also focus on identifying children’s favorites whether it is clothes, foods, sports, books or tv shows. Our future articles will keep exploring new and latent ways to improve the wonderful bond between children and parents.

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