Positive Effective Parenting

by Lynne, Carol

• ISBN13: 9781468537239
• ISBN10: 1468537237
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-03-19
• Publisher: Textstream

Summary

Positive Effecting Parenting is designed to give parents and others involved with the care and well-being of children the understanding and skills that will enable them to raise happy, successful, self-regulating adults. It will help them make changes in their children's attitudes, behaviors, decrease conflicts, stimulate communication and cooperation, raise self-esteem and enhance what is already working. It will also teach parents how to change the quality of adult-child relationships. Positive Effective Parenting is easy to read and offers some fun as you get to take simple quizzes and answer questions about themselves and other members of the family.

Excerpts

"Positive Effective Parenting" aims to guide you on how to become an effective parent or child care giver for today's children. In "Positive Effective Parenting" we propose that child care givers need training, especially when tasked with raising children in today's modern society. Some may say that parenting is instinctual-something that comes naturally and, therefore, cannot be learned. Positive Effective Parenting claims that although being a parent is the hardest and heaviest responsibility we have to face, it is also a task we are "poorly" prepared for. One of the factors that affect parenting methods is society. The drastic change from society's autocratic to democratic attitude causes families to shift as well. Parents should no longer treat their children as inferior but as an equal "in terms of worth as human beings." I suggest that modern parenting methods must be based on "democratic" principles and techniques that will empower children to grow into responsible and self-regulating adults. "Positive Effective Parenting' walks the reader along some of the positive and effective ways of parenting that are grounded on "principles of equality and mutual respect." With these two foundations, parents will be able to raise their children without taking control of their lives. The goal is not to be perfect but to gain understanding; compassion and wisdom that will help you enjoy your child, yourself and parenting. Remember, the job of parenting is to help your children develop healthy self-esteem and the necessary skills to be effective, happy and self-regulating adults.