Many parents go to parenting and family sites to check for tips and advice on parenting. However, there are some parenting tips that you can sometimes ignore for your child's benefit.
"Solid parenting advice should be followed most of the time, but there are exceptions to just about every rule," iMom explains. Here are some of the most common parenting tips to ignore once in a while.
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1. Putting Kids To Bed Early
Adequate sleep is necessary for a child's proper growth and development, Sleep Foundation shares. However, being strict with bedtime every night can burn out and frustrate your kids. If your kids do not have school or any morning commitment for the next day, you can let them have some fun and stay up late to watch TV, play video games or read a fun book.
2. Not Allowing Any Back Talk From Kids
Some parents make the mistake of equating all kinds of back talk with disrespect. Allow your kids to talk back, explain and reason out with you as long as they do it in a respectful way. Knowing how to debate and reason with other people in a respectful manner is an important life skill to have.
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3. Letting Kids Learn From Failures
Allowing kids to fail and to learn from those failures is one of the most surprising parenting tips to ignore once in a while. Although allowing children to make mistakes can provide many benefits, there are consequences to some of your kids' mistakes that are too big and significant to use as life lessons.
