parenting 101 Archives - parentztalk.com parentztalk.com Wed, 23 Aug 2023 14:21:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 Beware of This Common Parenting Pitfall https://parentztalk.com/beware-of-this-common-parenting-pitfall/ Thu, 24 Aug 2023 16:28:00 +0000 https://parentztalk.com/?p=959 There’s more than one obstacle on the road toward perfect parenting. Ahh, who are we kidding—there’s no such thing as perfect parenting. Parents may try their best, and study every article that’s ever existed, but most are just learning on the job—because the best teacher of all is experience. That said, it always helps to […]

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]]> There’s more than one obstacle on the road toward perfect parenting. Ahh, who are we kidding—there’s no such thing as perfect parenting. Parents may try their best, and study every article that’s ever existed, but most are just learning on the job—because the best teacher of all is experience. That said, it always helps to hear helpful tips along the way, and here’s one that may be of service to you.

Having To Please Your Child

There seems to be a common trend in today’s society where parents feel this incessant need to please their children all the time. Obviously we all want our kids to be happy, and taking steps to ensure that is what makes parenting such a blessing. But there’s a difference between working for your child’s happiness and catering to their every whim.

Newsflash: you have a lot more life experience than your child does, and they need you to show them the ropes. You can’t be worried that they won’t love you in return if you don’t do something for them that they’re begging you for—especially if that thing they want is something you know isn’t good for them. You need to be strong in these critical moments and realize that your job as a parent is to discipline them as well as praise them.

By doing this—teaching your child about boundaries—you’ll actually be setting your child up for a more well-rounded and happier life, and isn’t that what you wanted all along?

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]]> What to Do if Your Kid is Screaming in Public https://parentztalk.com/what-to-do-if-your-kid-is-screaming-in-public/ Sun, 18 Jun 2023 14:16:00 +0000 https://parentztalk.com/?p=795 Before becoming a parent, watching another random kid screaming in public can be pretty annoying. You wonder how the parents of this child could be so inconsiderate, and you proceed to feel bad for two parties: yourself for being in the presence of this screaming child and the parents for having to deal with it. […]

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]]> Before becoming a parent, watching another random kid screaming in public can be pretty annoying. You wonder how the parents of this child could be so inconsiderate, and you proceed to feel bad for two parties: yourself for being in the presence of this screaming child and the parents for having to deal with it. Once you become a parent, however, you find that your perspective shifts a bit. You understand now that you can’t just leave your child at home all day. They need to see the world, and screaming is simply something that they do sometimes. Here’s how to handle it.

There are parents who handle their screaming children in two possible extremes: either they go full-on disciplinarian and scream at their child, eager to please everyone around them. Or they go the exact opposite route, not giving other people a second thought, and let their child scream forever to their heart’s delight. Both of these extreme routes aren’t good.

What you want to do is entertain a much more balanced approach. You want to be respectful of others in public, but you also can’t be so tense and worried about what others will think that you’ll treat your child in a way that you’ll regret later. Do everything you can to calm your child down in the same way you would back home—your child will respond well to that because that’s what they know.

Don’t try to “change the recipe”, so to speak—and go with what you know works. If others around you get upset, you may apologize to them politely, and then proceed to take care of your kid. The truth is that most passengers just want to see that you’re actually trying, and not simply letting them scream.

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]]> ersion="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> parenting 101 Archives - parentztalk.com parentztalk.com Wed, 23 Aug 2023 14:21:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 Beware of This Common Parenting Pitfall https://parentztalk.com/beware-of-this-common-parenting-pitfall/ Thu, 24 Aug 2023 16:28:00 +0000 https://parentztalk.com/?p=959 There’s more than one obstacle on the road toward perfect parenting. Ahh, who are we kidding—there’s no such thing as perfect parenting. Parents may try their best, and study every article that’s ever existed, but most are just learning on the job—because the best teacher of all is experience. That said, it always helps to […]

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]]> There’s more than one obstacle on the road toward perfect parenting. Ahh, who are we kidding—there’s no such thing as perfect parenting. Parents may try their best, and study every article that’s ever existed, but most are just learning on the job—because the best teacher of all is experience. That said, it always helps to hear helpful tips along the way, and here’s one that may be of service to you.

Having To Please Your Child

There seems to be a common trend in today’s society where parents feel this incessant need to please their children all the time. Obviously we all want our kids to be happy, and taking steps to ensure that is what makes parenting such a blessing. But there’s a difference between working for your child’s happiness and catering to their every whim.

Newsflash: you have a lot more life experience than your child does, and they need you to show them the ropes. You can’t be worried that they won’t love you in return if you don’t do something for them that they’re begging you for—especially if that thing they want is something you know isn’t good for them. You need to be strong in these critical moments and realize that your job as a parent is to discipline them as well as praise them.

By doing this—teaching your child about boundaries—you’ll actually be setting your child up for a more well-rounded and happier life, and isn’t that what you wanted all along?

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]]> What to Do if Your Kid is Screaming in Public https://parentztalk.com/what-to-do-if-your-kid-is-screaming-in-public/ Sun, 18 Jun 2023 14:16:00 +0000 https://parentztalk.com/?p=795 Before becoming a parent, watching another random kid screaming in public can be pretty annoying. You wonder how the parents of this child could be so inconsiderate, and you proceed to feel bad for two parties: yourself for being in the presence of this screaming child and the parents for having to deal with it. […]

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]]> Before becoming a parent, watching another random kid screaming in public can be pretty annoying. You wonder how the parents of this child could be so inconsiderate, and you proceed to feel bad for two parties: yourself for being in the presence of this screaming child and the parents for having to deal with it. Once you become a parent, however, you find that your perspective shifts a bit. You understand now that you can’t just leave your child at home all day. They need to see the world, and screaming is simply something that they do sometimes. Here’s how to handle it.

There are parents who handle their screaming children in two possible extremes: either they go full-on disciplinarian and scream at their child, eager to please everyone around them. Or they go the exact opposite route, not giving other people a second thought, and let their child scream forever to their heart’s delight. Both of these extreme routes aren’t good.

What you want to do is entertain a much more balanced approach. You want to be respectful of others in public, but you also can’t be so tense and worried about what others will think that you’ll treat your child in a way that you’ll regret later. Do everything you can to calm your child down in the same way you would back home—your child will respond well to that because that’s what they know.

Don’t try to “change the recipe”, so to speak—and go with what you know works. If others around you get upset, you may apologize to them politely, and then proceed to take care of your kid. The truth is that most passengers just want to see that you’re actually trying, and not simply letting them scream.

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