The Awesome Task of
Raising Children by Mrs. Dorothy Barron
Raising children is an awesome task even with the assistance
of others; it consists of physical, emotional and financial challenges and
often consists of a juggling act. A large part of your child’s day is spent at
school and at least one-half or more is spent outside the school in your care
and as your responsibility.
Often Parents are labeled as being good or bad Parents, such
is not perhaps the best terms for describing parents and their parenting skills
and styles; they are too extreme, broad and nebulous. We prefer to use the terms effective and
ineffective parenting. There are various Parenting styles and on today we want
to look at five and provide a brief overview of each.
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Effective Parenting - encompass Parents who are
well-grounded, responsible, steadfast, but flexible as necessary; they set
positive examples through both words and actions and find ways to spend quality
and quantity time with their child/ren.
·
Strict, Stern Disciplinarian – this Parenting
style revolves around rules and discipline. The Parent can be over-demanding
and inflexible. Much of this type parenting style has been handed down from
generation to generation and sometimes do not take in consideration the
individual needs of the child/ren.
·
Popular - most Parents want their children to
not only love them, but like them and think of them as “cool” Parents. However,
the popular Parent can go to the extreme and failing at times to exercise good judgment,
because being liked and winning their child’s and/or their child’s friend(s)
approval are more important.
·
Vacillating - this parenting style is much like
the newest fad; here today and gone tomorrow. The vacillating Parent can become
easily sidetracked changing parenting styles depending on the most popular or
“in” parenting trend. Often the child
does not know what to expect on a regular basis.
·
Ineffective Parenting – life’s situations and/or
circumstances overwhelm this Parent to the extent that it seriously impedes or
prevents the Parent(s) from effectively parenting his/her child/ren.
This post is not written to judge; we are all in this together. We encourage Parents to check his/her parenting style; set a foundation; rules and expectations; be a positive example for your
child/ren and realize that each child is different and take such into
consideration. It is important to tell your child you love him/her, but equally
important to show them in ways that they understand.
Mrs. Dorothy Barron, Founder
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