The Importance Of Parenting

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Is it cruel and dishonest to tell the children they can amount to anything they can put their mind?? It’s cruel and dishonest to not tell children they can’t amount to whatever they want, putting limitations on a child's mind limits their imagination to achieve greatness or goals at a certain age. Positive ideas and encouragement will set their minds to strive for a set goal. This new era of people setting limitations because of others saying it’s too hard, it’s not possible especially because of your background. Anything is possible with the right people helping you and supporting your ideas. With hard work anything is possible, having the support to pick you back up when you fail will encourage you to try even harder to reach your goal. …show more content…

Many years of research, many of them in clinical and developmental stages have found that the best parent is one who is involved, responsive, and attentive to the child needs, who sets high expectations but respects the children’s autonomy. These “strict parents” seem to have the best balance of involvement and for the majority of the time raise children who do better socially, academically and psychologically than children whose parents that set the standards low, or not involved at all. So we can assume over parenting is the best way to raise a child. Over parenting might be too harsh for some children, it all depends how they are being brought up. Children need to be involved, stakeholders in the task of setting goals. Discussing the targets that you intend to set for them and elicit their opinion on that matter. Answering questions to clear doubts, assuage any fears they may have, and reassure that they can always come back to you with any problems they may face. Involving children setting targets help in multiple ways. Most important of all, it helps setting an achievable target. The child will feel self-confident and take the task more seriously. It is not fair for parents to set realistic goals without taking the child’s capabilities into account. Observing the child will give you a realistic assessment of the abilities and attitude. It would also be helpful if you can understand what your child’s natural …show more content…

It’s the same with children as well. So, when you are thinking about setting a goal for your child to achieve, also think about the different aspects of his personality achieving the target. So, look at the bigger picture before setting any target for your child. Working towards achieving a goal can not only be motivating for a child, but may also encourage him to do more than what is expected of him. It will give him an idea about the optimal amount of effort he should put in. Also, it will help him understand that, to be successful in life and stay ahead of the competition, he should set a target for himself and come up with a plan to achieve it. Listening to our kids is one of the best ways we can help and encourage them. Nothing says, You matter to me, like being open and receptive to what a child has to say. When we take the time to communicate our understanding and acceptance by listening attentively, children feel a strong sense of significance and belonging; they know they have an important place in our hearts. As parents, we need to teach them a sense of satisfaction with their individualism and feelings of self-respect no matter what anyone says to them. Help them develop intellectually, socially, emotionally, and physically. Stimulate curiosity in learning through exploration with any fear of re precaution. We as parents need to realize the capabilities and limitations of our children. Be aware of

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