Parenting
Four Parenting Styles -- Three Keys to Success
Raising children is a full-time job, in addition to the forty hour per week job that supplies you with a paycheck.
When you become a mother or a father, you choose a parenting style. Sometimes this is done consciously because you’ve read some books, researched online or received advice from a well-respected relative or friend. Other times this is a sub-conscious decision that is made by just doing what feels right. This decision may be influenced by how you were raised. Your style might copy-cat the style used to raise you or it might rebel against that style.
Let’s-Be-Friends
With this style, the adult tries to be a friend to their child rather than a parent. It works pretty well for the adult, but the child is left without someone to guide them and teach them the important lessons in life.
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Take-It-As-It-Comes
This style is not commonly listed in child-rearing books or web pages, but is a very commonly used technique. This mother or father is aware of how a child should behave in public, but has not taken the time to teach the expected behavior at home.
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Stick-To-The-Plan
The style most recommended by experts because it gets the best results in today’s lifestyle. The mother and father set clear rules and explain the limits so the child knows exactly what is expected of them.
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Do-It-My-Way-Or-No-Way
This parent has strict rules with high expectations and low tolerance for non-compliance. The child knows exactly what is expected, but there is no room for error.
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Regardless of which style you use, the most important aspect of that style is consistency. Children need a manual that tells them what you expect from them. Since they can't read yet, they need you to tell them what the manual says. They need to know the rules of the game and exactly what will happen when they commit a foul.
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Learn the "Three Keys to Success" that will open the door to well-behaved, well-adjusted children.
Must-do items for every mom, every dad and every child care giver. Strongly suggested items to lead to well-behaved, well-adjusted children. Optional items that will make children feel good about themselves.
Have you ever wondered as you surf the net if the so-called "experts" even have children of their own or have ever worked with children? Too many times it seems that they do not. Knowing what will work and what will not work with kids cannot come from a text book. The techniques suggested need to be tried and true.
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