PARENTING HACKS

                                 

 

My Humble Pranams to all...!!  So here goes my opinions and thoughts on how to become a better parent. It’s said that parenting is an art and there is no rule book and what works for one in their home with one particular family might be different for others. But it’s necessary to be a good parent knowing that our child constantly observe us and learn from what we do. But parents are humans too and they tend to make mistakes and what is necessary is to laugh at those and be honest of our shortcomings. Few examples of parenting mistakes could be often posting out child picture in social media. Unintentionally those pictures could contain some sensitive information and it can put kids to danger or even that child could become easy target for cyberbullying. Another example of parenting mistake is excessively doing everything for a child or reacting immediately to their behavior or sometimes projecting our needs on to kids thinking that only a best future for them is in our hands. So how can we avoid these mistakes? First, it’s very important to build out a child’s self-esteem by constantly praising them and letting them do small things independently and most important thing to do is to use words very carefully and compassionately and love them constantly for everything they are. Second key role is to set up discipline rules at home and be consistent at it. This is extremely needed to develop acceptable behavior and self-control in children. Next tip is to spend time for kids like eating breakfast with them or rewarding them with special cookies in kids’ lunchbox or participating in family activities. And lastly patience and communication is everything. Every kid deserves a explanation for everything we except from them and as a parent we must understand this and set our expectations clear and as how a child changes  from being a baby to toddler and then kid to adult, our parenting style should also change and what may work now for your kid might not work later but as a parent our role is to provide guidance, encouragement, discipline and independence. Children grow up too fast and lets all take advantage of precious time we spend with them. Looking back on Paulo Coelho quotes, “A child can teach an adult three things, 1) to be happy for no reason 2) To be curious, 3) To fight tirelessly. “Yup There is so much for us to learn from a child and contrarily it’s not parents who make children but children who make parents.

 

- Sowmya Raghavan