| Developing parenting skills and using them successfully | | | | Parenting skills also involve positive communication. |
| can make a huge difference to how your child | | | | You have to try phrasing your request or command in |
| behaves. In the heat of the moment it is sometimes | | | | a positive way, which will help to gain more |
| very difficult to remember all the rules, but will come | | | | cooperation from your child. A example of positive |
| with practise. Some of the best methods include the | | | | communication is, when your child asks "Can I watch |
| following. | | | | TV now?" If your initial response to allowing your child |
| Let them win and lose. | | | | to watch TV is "No, you can't watch TV right now, try |
| Good parenting skills involve allowing your child to win | | | | saying, "You can watch right after dinner". |
| sometimes, but also letting them experience the feeling | | | | Good parenting from quality family time. |
| of losing as well. By having these emotions on a | | | | The following parenting tips help that all important |
| regular basis they don't tend to over react when faced | | | | quality family time. |
| with the situation. | | | | Try making it a rule that for most meal times the |
| Positive parenting. | | | | whole family sits down together without any |
| Parenting is the hardest job and that applies to | | | | distractions, so turn the TV off, don't have computer |
| whether you are a first time parent or whether you | | | | games at the table and instead try to discuss what's |
| already have several kids. Children need to be praised | | | | being going on in the family during the day. You'll be |
| for a job well done and they feel reassured and | | | | amazed at how it encourages interaction between the |
| pleased if they have made a good impression on the | | | | family and brings people more together. |
| parent, so be positive to encourage them to be | | | | Try to organise family days out or activities that |
| behave that way more often. | | | | involve everyone. Even if they hate the idea, the |
| Self-reliance. | | | | chances are once they start your children will warm to |
| From an early age children can start learning to do | | | | your idea and begin to participate and enjoy what you |
| easy chores. To teach your child the value of | | | | have organised. It is sometimes best not to give them |
| self-sufficiency and to respect the true value of hard | | | | the choice, then they have to make the most of it. |
| earned money will set them up with the right attitude | | | | Acquiring parenting skills can make the difference |
| for the rest of their life. If they learn to look out for | | | | between a happy,contented child and a difficult, |
| themselves, it gives them a feeling of achievement and | | | | tiresome one that makes life hard work for everyone, |
| creates less work for you as a parent. | | | | so it is worth the effort of learning them. |
| Positive communication. | | | | |