The topic for this week is Parenting.
Parenting in a nutshell is the process of promoting and supporting the physical, emotional,social and intellectual development of a child form infancy to adulthood.
Being a mother of a 3 year old I am going to relate my personal experiences here.
1) Parenting forces you to become good individual first. Kids look and learn from you, as parents you are their role-model, so if you want them to have good manners and say Please and Thank-you make it a point to say it yourself first.
If you want them to stop watching Tv/ipads/iphone stop watching it yourself first. You cannot chant a mantra of 'Go Play with your Toys' while you yourself while your time on laptops.
2) Remember each kid is an individual and has his/her own personality. What works for one kid will not work for other. DO NOT COMPARE. Do take advice from your friends/relatives but stick to your gut. You are the only one who knows what is good for your kid.
3) Do not feel guilty if you take time away from your kid to follow a hobby or pursue other interests. Do not bribe them with candy and toys. Your kid will do just fine without you.
4) Discipline your kids right from the beginning. Rude behaviour, spitting, hitting and whatever is on your list, should not be tolerated and remanded at the earliest.
5) Learn from your kids, live in the moment, look at things with new eyes,don't care what others will think, be curious, laugh out loud.
6) Shower them with lots of love, hugs and kisses. It will all come back in abundance.
Parenting in a nutshell is the process of promoting and supporting the physical, emotional,social and intellectual development of a child form infancy to adulthood.
Being a mother of a 3 year old I am going to relate my personal experiences here.
1) Parenting forces you to become good individual first. Kids look and learn from you, as parents you are their role-model, so if you want them to have good manners and say Please and Thank-you make it a point to say it yourself first.
If you want them to stop watching Tv/ipads/iphone stop watching it yourself first. You cannot chant a mantra of 'Go Play with your Toys' while you yourself while your time on laptops.
2) Remember each kid is an individual and has his/her own personality. What works for one kid will not work for other. DO NOT COMPARE. Do take advice from your friends/relatives but stick to your gut. You are the only one who knows what is good for your kid.
3) Do not feel guilty if you take time away from your kid to follow a hobby or pursue other interests. Do not bribe them with candy and toys. Your kid will do just fine without you.
4) Discipline your kids right from the beginning. Rude behaviour, spitting, hitting and whatever is on your list, should not be tolerated and remanded at the earliest.
5) Learn from your kids, live in the moment, look at things with new eyes,don't care what others will think, be curious, laugh out loud.
6) Shower them with lots of love, hugs and kisses. It will all come back in abundance.
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