| "A Positive Parenting Habit is a behavior that has been | | | | in a child's life: |
| proven to bring out the best in your child." | | | | |
| Over 90% of what you do, say, and think every single | | | | 1. "Having chores as a child is one of the only early |
| day is habitual. That makes your Habits the most | | | | predictors of positive mental health later in life." |
| powerful force in your life and that of your child. A | | | | 2. "The wrong kind of praise creates self-defeating |
| Habit can be a self-defeating action or a positive force. | | | | behavior. The right kind motivates children to learn." |
| The results of parenting habits often don't show up | | | | 3. Children who have learned impulse control as young |
| until later in a child's life, that's why it is important | | | | as 4 years old, do better academically, have better |
| develop Positive Parenting Habits early. Because you | | | | friendships, less conflict and stress, and dramatically |
| are the most influential force in your child's life, it is | | | | higher SAT scores later in life. |
| critical to make sure your Habits have been proven to | | | | Each one of those skills has been researched |
| give your child the head start he needs for life long | | | | extensively with thousands of children and proven to |
| success. | | | | make a massive difference in a child's life. Each one of |
| How do you know what Positive Parenting Habits | | | | them can be developed into Positive Parenting Habit. |
| are? | | | | I am so dedicated to sharing this with you because I |
| That is the million dollar question. Each year there are | | | | didn't find out about the power of Positive Parenting |
| lists of the best business practices, best hospitals, best | | | | Habits until my daughter was in the eleventh grade and |
| doctors, best high schools, best colleges, teachers of | | | | almost failed High School. By identifying my negative |
| the year, even best dressed. By investigating who is | | | | Parenting Habits and replacing them with ones that |
| on that list, it is possible to identify at least a few of the | | | | were proven to bring out the best in children, my |
| best practices that put those at the top of the list. | | | | daughter not only turned around and graduated from |
| However, for life's most important job, parenting, you | | | | High School, she graduated from college, became a |
| will not find any list of best parents, or, more important, | | | | successful manager and now has her own happy |
| best parenting practices. And yet, there are some | | | | family. |
| methods that have been proven scientifically to make | | | | I urge you to develop Positive Parenting Habits and |
| a night and day difference in a child's life. | | | | make life's most important job, being a parent, an |
| Here are three examples of parenting practices that | | | | enjoyable adventure while creating a bright future for |
| have been proven to make an astonishing difference | | | | your child. |