Parenting Children - September 5, 2012

Day 22 - Where do we set boundaries

Parenting Children Ages 0-10

• extremes are dangerous - either in harshness or permissiveness
• create a balance and aim to be authoritative rather than authoritarian, indulgent, or neglectful

Question:
Complete the attached worksheet. What style of parenting do you tend to adopt? Is this because of the way you were parented?

From Series: "Parenting Children Ages 0-10"

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3. Have time together as a family

  • don’t always eat separately
  • don’t have several TVs in the house
  • organize family nights, family outings, family vacations
  • do chores together
  • allow them to have fun together, playing childish games, being silly, playing outside
  • don’t always entertain them; allow them to be bored so they make up their own games
  • have fun together as a family

4. Give each child space and some privacy

  • some children need more time on their own than others

5. Help them to see each other’s good points

  • give them a sense of responsibility to look out for each other

What helps your child get along with other children better?

 

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