Parenting SkillBy Jennie Gandhi
Parenting is considered to be the most difficult and responsible job. The only unfortunate aspect of this job is that no one gets a formal training or course. This is a totally different kind of job where you have to take over the task and fulfill your responsibility but you are not [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Parenting Skill
On October - 5 - 2008
The Four Parenting Styles
On October - 5 - 2008
The Four Parenting StylesBy Hanif Khaki
The following article offers some insight to those involved in the wonderful world known as Parenting.
There are just as many parenting styles as there are a number of parents. Experts believe the parenting styles fall into 4 different and identifiable styles: authoritarian, indulgent, authoritative, and uninvolved.
Let’s examine this more closely. [...]
Dealing With Power Struggles
On October - 5 - 2008
Most parents first experience their child’s attempts at autonomy at about age two. They feel challenged and often a battle of wills begins that lasts throughout childhood and the teen years. Parents can turn these trying times into a rewarding growth period for them and their children by shifting their perspective concerning the child’s behavior [...]
9 Things to do Instead of Spanking
On October - 5 - 2008
Research confirms what many parents instinctively feel when they don’t like to spank their child, but they don’t know what else to do. The latest research from Dr. Murray Strauss at the Family Research Laboratory affirms that spanking teaches children to use acts of aggression and violence to solve their problems. It only teaches and [...]
10 Keys to Successful Parenting
On October - 5 - 2008
It is important that we discipline in a way that teaches responsibility by motivating our children internally, to build their self-esteem and make them feel loved. If our children are disciplined in this respect, they will not have a need to turn to gangs, drugs, or sex to feel powerful or belong.
The following ten keys [...]