| Parents are constantly being bombarded with | | | | what really works. |
| the latest advice about parenting and they | | | | |
| receive tips from experts or other parents. | | | | The RPM3 Method |
| This is because giving parenting advice is | | | | |
| easy since everyone has some sort of | | | | RPM3 stands for Responding, Preventing, |
| experience on the subject. There are new | | | | Monitoring, Mentoring, and Modeling. It |
| parent tips, survival guides and dos and | | | | teaches parents to respond to the child in an |
| don'ts lists that are being given to parents | | | | appropriate manner and advises them to |
| every single day- whether they ask for it or | | | | prevent risky behavior or problems and nip |
| not! | | | | them in the bud, if possible. It also |
| | | | advocates monitoring the child's contact with |
| Abundance of Information Needs to Be Sifted | | | | his or her surrounding world, and mentor the |
| Out | | | | child to support as well as encourage desired |
| | | | behaviors as also model the parent's own |
| With the abundance of information available, | | | | behavior to give to the child a consistent, |
| it can be quite perplexing when it comes to | | | | positive example that he or she can relate to |
| sifting out what works and what does not. How | | | | and emulate. |
| are parents to know which advice to follow, | | | | |
| and when to rely on plain old common sense? | | | | Nevertheless, there is still plenty of |
| Do experts who offer parenting advice really | | | | information available that provides |
| know what it is like to be a parent in a real | | | | age-appropriate parenting advice and which |
| home? | | | | helps parents take care of their children. |
| | | | Some of the frequently mentioned topics |
| Parents may need to try RPM3 which is a | | | | include nutrition, safety, common problems |
| no-frills approach to parenting that has been | | | | and what to expect at the pediatrician. |
| developed over thirty years by the National | | | | |
| Institute of Child Health and Human | | | | Moms and Dads often need parenting advice |
| Development or the NICHD. They have spoken to | | | | that will help them deal with common problems |
| experts, parents as well as children and | | | | such as sibling rivalry, potty training, |
| collected statistics, identified myths as | | | | getting the child to sleep at night as well |
| well as tested suggestions to come with the | | | | as managing behavior problems and temper |
| RPM3. | | | | tantrums. There are many qualified experts |
| | | | out there that deal with such topics and who |
| For parenting advice, using RPM3 guidelines | | | | will be best suited to get parenting advice |
| will help to separate useful information from | | | | from for all manner of child rearing issues. |
| the less useful pieces of information and | | | | Using the RPM3 guidelines and the different |
| advice to enable parents make their own | | | | parenting advice available should help |
| parenting decisions, and these guidelines are | | | | parents sift the useful from the |
| not based on stories about people's thinking | | | | not-so-useful advice to become sensible and |
| about parenting, but incorporates thirty | | | | loving parents. |
| years of NICHD research to let parents know | | | | |