| Avoiding simple Parenting mistakes. For most new | | | | properly. A Parenting style which fails to put enough |
| Parents and those struggling to find a way to parent, | | | | security in place will result in a Child or Teen which will |
| their experience comes from their own childhood and | | | | not learn how to take appropriate levels of risk, this |
| the way they were parented. Now whether you had a | | | | can be increasingly difficult to manage and can in |
| good or not so good experience of growing up, you | | | | some cases result in dangerous activities and high risk |
| will have subconsciously interpreted some of the | | | | pursuits. |
| experiences you had and decided if they were good | | | | Your Child/Teen will have a lot of pressures to deal |
| for you or otherwise. | | | | with whilst growing up, some you may be aware of |
| Experience is a great tool, if you consider your | | | | and some you may be able to anticipate, others will be |
| childhood as happy and meeting your needs, then | | | | outside of your understanding. Let's face it, it may have |
| chances are that you had a successful upbringing. You | | | | been a while since you experienced growing up and |
| may however, be able to recall specific areas of your | | | | the world has changed since then. |
| development where you feel a different parental | | | | If you are uncertain of how to parent don't feel |
| approach would have been better suited to meeting | | | | embarrassed, it's the toughest job there is and we |
| your needs. Parents can never be perfect and you | | | | have all made mistakes. If you need some guidance |
| are not supposed to be your child's friend, that has | | | | try talking to other experienced parents, if their children |
| "Mistake" written all over it. | | | | are polite, happy and seem well adjusted to you, then |
| Children and Teens will go to extreme lengths to | | | | their advice will probably be useful. |
| demonstrate that they do not want or need rules, | | | | Maybe you would rather share your worries and gain |
| boundaries, Curfews and Behaviour Agreements. | | | | tried and tested parenting advice from an experienced |
| They are wrong, they do need them, and here's why. | | | | Child Development Professional with years of |
| Your Child or Teen needs to feel safe, it is a basic | | | | experience in helping Parents to get their Children to |
| Human need, which they require in order to develop | | | | Adulthood without compromise. |