Monday, October 24, 2011

Parents Are Educating Their Children With Everything They Do Or Say

By Otto Luther


There will never be a day in your child's life that you won't learn something new about being a parent and the challenges it presents. There will be days when you feel like the child since you are learning new things. Just going to school will be a whole new experience for your children, but then they will discover even more opportunities in each new grade. Kids always want to be older than they really are, but you need to help prepare them for the challenges they will face as they mature. All of us can understand the emotions that a child will go through as they leave home for the first time. Everyone will have hard times in their lives, and this is especially true for your children, which is why you need to learn how to help them cope.

The first step to this is realizing that your kids are unique and special people, and that you need to take the time to learn more about them and appreciate them for who they are. Sometimes people make the mistake of actually believing that by watching their kids they are actually learning about them. The more you learn about their individual personalities, the more you will be able to assist them throughout their lives. It is a good idea to look for both admirable points and faults they may have. This detailed analysis of their personalities will allow you to be supportive at the right times and help them through the valleys and troughs of life.

As long as you are aware of favoritism, and its possibility, then you should be able to avoid it with your children. Children need to feel loved and wanted by the parents, and that is the responsibility of a parent. If you become aware that you do have a favorite among your children, proceed with caution and work to understand the situation.

Another thing you need to know is that child's brain is wired to do different things; some will be good with math and others better with English. Some children have that particular make-up that causes them to have an interest in school subjects and learning them. Other children may have strong passions for things that have nothing to do with school or an interest to learn the subjects. Understanding your kids is one of the top priorities of parents that realize that once you have a feel for their personality, you will be more able to help them. Having a goal of completing high school, hopefully with very high grades, should be a primary goal for your teenage kids. And if they are having problems, always let them know that they can get tutoring help along the way.

Parenting has another fun aspect which includes watching your children grow up, and dealing with personality changes that are not so favorable. It can be very disappointing sometimes as you see your children transform in ways that you really wish they would not, but you need to simply do your best to help them mature and move on. In fact, we have heard parents state that sometimes they have a hard time liking their grown children even though they love them. It is a simple fact of life that personality changes will occur, and as a parent, you simply need to deal with it and accept that it is going to happen. The best way to handle it is to accept that it is happening and love them because they are your children which is really all you can do.

Strong parenting skills and strategies consist of as much awareness as possible about your children and the events in their lives which means usually at school. The best way to make sure everything goes smoothly is to be a positive role model and have great communication.




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