Positive Parenting # 1
April 12, 2007 7:27 pm Positive ParentingPositive Parenting - What Does It Mean?
The words “positive parenting” seem to be thrown around a lot. Some people think it’s simply being loving to your children and avoiding punishment. Well, they’re partly right, but the important thing to remember is through the positive reinforcement there are consequences for behaviors and you are always working toward the goal of having happy, well-adjusted children. Children who live in positive environments don’t turn out to be spoiled brats! They grow up to be intelligent and successful in all aspects of their lives.
Guidelines to Positive Parenting
Whatever your goals for positive parenting might be, this is the first in a series of postings that I am presenting, called “Guidelines to Positive Parenting”. To see all the postings from this series, just click on the “Positive Parenting” category in the right margin of this page. There will be 14 postings in all, and we invite you back to see any that have not been posted yet.
Guideline # 1 for Positive Parenting
Show Unconditional Love
Unconditional love means we accept our children completely as they are. We accept their physical characteristics, their talents and skills, and even what we might consider to be their shortcomings. If you have childcare for your children, make sure your childcare providers follow the same philosophy of unconditional love.
Try to understand your children and provide them with the care and love they need. Not all children are exactly the same and they may have different needs. But whatever their needs are, show them you love them in all situations.
Even when your child misbehaves, remember your child is not bad. Instead, it’s the behavior that needs to be corrected. When you can still show unconditional love when a child is misbehaving you can better understand why they are behaving that way.
Most importantly, unconditional love gives your children confidence and shows them that it’s okay to make mistakes.
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