Handy Hints and Advice!
Something that many people don’t realize, is that ‘positive parenting’ begins long before your baby is born!
Probably one of the most constant things that you will be told when you or your partner becomes pregnant is… how being a parent is such a huge responsibility.
This seems to happen so often that by the time the baby is born, you are quite sensibly beginning to wonder whether you have done the right thing!
How are you ever going to manage all the crises that those ‘helpful’ friends and relatives have pointed out to you?
Well, parenting is a process and just like learning any other process, it is a step-by-step procedure.
You would not have bought that house or set up home in the place that you chose, if you had been frightened half to death, that the roof would fall in or the heating system pack up?
Well, we all know that those things could possibly happen; but again, being sensible you decided to go ahead and deal with those things if or when they happened.
So, can parenting positively become a way of life? Yes, of course it can!
Life is a series of steps and learning new skills is usually a series of baby steps. Parenting is no different!
“For parents who don’t just ‘mind’ their children,
they actively encourage them!”
Becoming a parent can be a huge transition, BUT…
If you remind yourself that Babyhood is only temporary, you may find it much easier to manage this stage of your life!
Becoming a parent does not come with an instruction manual for all the things you will inevitably face.
To raise a child is an enormous responsibility, which is often taken for granted and for which there is very little training.
Most parents learn as they go, influenced by the way they were brought up, or by what they have read or watched others do.
Parenting styles may be different, but we all share a common goal.
We want our children to turn into healthy, happy, well adjusted, successful, honest, caring, responsible adults, who will be respectful of people’s feelings and property, be able to get along with others and be able to cope with lifes difficulties!!
It is a lot to ask. But your child will rely on you to do this well.
“Making the decision to have a child is momentous.
It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.”
~Elizabeth Stone
As always, enjoy happy times with with your child… Sue ?
PLAY ~ LAUGH ~ LEARN
sue@calmkoala.com