A repost from my older blog. Most of my readers here are parents too. I would gladly share some of the readigs that inspired me as one of them.
There are 10 Tips but I got which I find the most important.
Every parent I know wants nothing less than the best for their children. They want their children to be happy, healthy, and smart. While every child is different and unique, just as every parent is, there are some things you can do to help to insure your child is the happiest, healthiest, and smartest possible.
Here is a list of the top ten parenting tips you can use to help insure your child's success in life:
Tip 1-- Command Respect, Don't Demand It
One of the foundations of a good relationship with other people is mutual respect. As a parent you should be commanding the respect of your children, through your actions and words, not demanding that they respect you. As your child learns to respect you in this manner, they will also learn to command respect from others, rather than trying to demand it.
Tip 2-- Maintain Healthy Relationships with Others
Whether it is your spouse or your own friends, it is important that you model good relationship behavior for your children. By having strong relationships with your spouse and your friends, you can show your children how to have strong and healthy relationships with you and the other people in their lives.
Tip 3-- Be A Role Model
Who do you want your children to emulate in their lives, a famous sports star or yourself? Parents should always want to be the number one role model for their children. You want to show them right from wrong, and do this through being a role model who they can emulate in their own lives. Show them how you live and how you do the right things in life even when you are challenged.
Tip 4-- Give Unconditional Love and Support
Children are still growing and learning. They will do things at times which you will not approve of, and may not even understand their thinking behind. By always supporting your child with unconditional love, even during the rough times, you can show your child that they will always have your love and support. While you may not approve of their actions, they know that you love them and that you simply do not love the action they took.
Tip 5-- Show Support Though Positive Reinforcement
Never use the words stupid, dumb or other negative words to describe your children. Never tell them they are, or make them feel, less-than. If your children are in school, they will hear enough negativity from the other children when adults are not present. Build them up through positive words at home, so that they will be able to deflect the negative words they hear when you are not with them.
Tip 6-- Eat Smart As A Family
Food habits start from a very young age; what you eat as a child has a lot to do with your eating habits later in life. Start your children off right by offering them whole and healthy foods. If they start eating healthy from a very young age, then they will likely continue to eat well throughout their lives. It is much easier to get children to eat healthy foods if that is the only thing they know.
It is very important for me to share these tips. As a starting parent, I am overwhelmed of how fast my baby grows up into a kid. The tips that I just shared are just some that my husband and I do in the process of raising up our child.
-Denny Wong-
2 comments:
I so much agree.. thanks for this infos =) helpful..
Agree!especially when it comes to the eating part....I have always been on the look out as to what should be served at the table. Whatever there is, everyone should eat it, including the little one. True enough, over the years, he acquired the taste of foods that most kids his age are not into eating (like ampalaya, tahong and yes even brocolli and mushrooms).
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