What Prince William did during Her Majesty's birthday was apparently a breach of protocol. But what most, including the Queen herself, did not really see was that his simple gesture to his child reinforces his stately appearance both as a father and duke.
According to parenting experts, Duke William of Cambridge readily championed a new type of parenting, which goes against the royal standards, as cited on GH. Crouching down to talk to his toddler son while making sure eye-contact is made shows William's 21st parenting technique. The close proximity between William and his child, as he attends to his son, guarantees a lifetime bond. Whether it is during a visit to the Royal International Air Tattoo or in front of the US President, William adopts this parenting style more often when addressing his boy.
Experts call this parenting style as an active listening technique as cited in the Mirror. This parenting technique happens when an individual deliberately pays attention to what is being said as well as to how it is being said. In addition, this parenting style is much about being aware of voice inflection, body language and overall attitude.
William's parenting technique is particularly commended both by behavioral experts and child psychologists. They strongly believe that such parenting style will definitely make children feel utterly valued and understood.
On her blog 'Crouching Parent, Talking Child', Teresa Newmark comprehensively writes about the benefits of being on your child's level. On active listening, Newmark thinks that short is actually good. Short enables your kids to carefully read your face as well as to look at your mouth as you talk. "They can see all those articulators, like your lips, teeth and tongue, moving to form words. They learn how to form words themselves. They can hear you better. You can hear them better," Newmark explained. "They are better able to focus on what you are saying. You are not distracted so they know what you are saying is important and they take it more seriously," she added further.
So with this kind of parenting technique, we can surely praise Duke Wills for a great parenting job.
