As difficult as it is as a parent to listen to your kids squabble, it is a necessary learning tool. When kids interact with parents and other adults, they learn about authority and respect. When they interact with their siblings they are honing skills that will help them resolve conflicts, deal with differing opinions, compromise and negotiate as well as learning how to empathize. This stage will pass and they will eventually become better friends and help protect each other.
A parent’s first priority is to protect their kids from harm. No parent wants to see their child experience disappointment, failure or pain. As a result, parents sometimes become a helicopter mom or dad and hover over their child’s every move. Kids need involved and active parents in order for them to successfully mature. However, if parents constantly hover and prevent them from failing at every turn, kids never have the opportunity to learn from their mistakes.
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A healthy self-esteem is the foundation to a lifetime of positive mental health and social happiness. How you feel about yourself affects how you behave and how you treat others. Kids who understand their own strengths and weaknesses and feel good about themselves seem to have an easier time handling conflict and resisting negative pressures. It’s our job as parents to help build our children’s self-esteem and make them feel good about themselves. Daddy Nickell offers a few tips he’s used over the years with his 7 kids.
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Bedtime should be a time when kids feel safe and secure. Regular bedtime rituals can help accomplish that, however, as kids’ imaginations start to grow, so do their fears. Understanding where kids’ fears originate can help parents provide comfort and put things back into perspective.
According to a recent study at the University of Iowa, an average two year old hears more than 430 negative statements a day and only about 30 words of encouragement. Words of praise go a long way in developing a positive self-esteem in kids. Give kids genuine sincere praise should focus on a child’s efforts and not the outcome of their endeavors. Below you will find some great reasons to continue giving your kids praise.
Every parent strives to be a “perfect parent,” but it’s just not a realistic goal and you’ll make yourself crazy trying to attain the unattainable, Perfect Parent Status. Instead, strive to do your best and try to be a great parent – mistakes and all! Just in case you’re not sold on the idea of lowering the bar (ever so slightly), I’ve compiled a list of three reasons why being the perfect parent is overrated.
