Before 2022 comes to an end, let parents and caregivers be reminded of everything they have learned this year, bringing these practical tips with them as they continue to journey in their parenthood in 2023.
Here are top 10 parenting tips Parent Herald has shared and helped parents and caregivers all through 2022.
As important as parents supporting their kids to love and excel in the sports they have chosen is parents also teaching their kids how to be competitive enough in sports without turning them into monsters. Good sportsmanship is better learned than just merely winning.
According to The Montessori Notebook, when a kid is having his/her tantrums and is suddenly upset, parents keeping their cool is already half the battle. Thus, staying calm under pressure is one of the most crucial behaviors a parents must learn and be really good at,
One of the major means to avoid constant fights with the children is the parent's ability to remain calm. Parents should know how to throw water on the flames instead of fanning it or adding more fuel on it coming from their emotional tank. However, parents should also know that though all emotions are valid and acceptable, not all behaviors are permissible.
A new parenting trend is called "Yes Parenting." It is an entirely different approach as compared to other parenting styles as it is saying yes to children more often than saying no.
In this approach, parents are willing to go to great lengths to listen to what the children desire and would make it possible for them. Ultimately, yes parenting is saying yes and allowing what the little ones want to do. No request is too crazy or too out of line. And, on the moments that parents need to say no to create boundaries or keep the kids safe, they would rephrase their answer by redirecting their children to avoid saying no.
Though the current economy does not signify a lifetime sentence to economic doom, a financial advisor is encouraging parents to set their kids up for financial stability as early as now by teaching them healthy financial habits.
Parents should start early in educating the children about the significance of being stable in terms of their finances. But more than that,. They should teach children the practicality of financial stability by letting them practice healthy financial habits that they can make as their lifestyle as they grow up into adulthood.
The color palette is beige, oatmeal, flax, cream, fawn, nude, sand, or tan. Suddenly, parents, especially the "momfluencers", are applying the muted palette to their children and everything connected to their children - from outfits to toys to bedroom furnitures and decors. These parents say that beige parenting is pro-gender neutrality and best used strategy to calm the little ones down.
However, many disagree, as studies show how babies best respond to bold prints, bright colors, or items with "high-contrast, black-and-white designs." This parenting has been negatively criticized as allegedly it is being used as a marketing strategy for parents to buy these expensive beige colored, wooden stuff and be Instagram-ready.
Parents can get terrified as their children do. Basically because parents are humans and have emotions too. It is just harder for them because they have kids who not only need them to be okay but who also look up to how strong and reliable they are.
Yet, the danger lies in keeping their real emotions for so long. Thus, parents need to know how to handle their emotions when they are faced with terrifying moments, because those moments will really happen in life.
Co-parenting is challenging, and the holiday season makes it tougher, especially when the couple just got divorced and is still struggling emotionally but needs to pick themselves up hurriedly and move forward for the children's sake.
Thus, as the Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development stated, "By learning how to manage their conflict, parent effectively, and nurture warm and loving relationships with their children, parents can have a powerful, positive effect on their children, even as they undergo multiple difficult changes in their own lives,"
Parents would always want their children to get the best education possible. Thus, they would do anything to help them.
However, this can be difficult since there are many different things they need to learn in school, and it can be hard to know how to help them with their studies. There are many different ways that parents can help their children with their school work, even if they do not have a strong background in education or experience working with kids.
Parenting may seem easy for others, but ultimately, parenting is hard work, and comes with so many responsibilities.
Bringing a precious little person into the world, and then teaching and guiding and watching out for him/her until he/she turns 18 and even beyond that will never be a walk in the park. Thus, parents will need extra-hands and advices on how to parent well and parent effectively.
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In this day and age, fatherhood is no longer limited to financial and disciplinary matters, as they can powerfully influence the young people to develop healthy and stable emotions, mental conditions and physical well-being. In fact, many fathers nowadays are more than capable of caring for their children including those with physical and psychological issues.
Their roles have significantly changed because of the different trends in today's economy and caregiving roles. Thus, as a result, more fathers are getting involved in caregiving and in raising children.
But more than all these, the society, and children themselves, have acknowledged and appreciated the fact that in growing up and in life in general, kids need perspectives that only fathers can provide.
