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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  • read each child’s way of showing anger
  • aim to teach them “expression,” rather than aggression or “suppression”
  • help them to express anger appropriately (verbally and pleasantly)
  • correct rudeness, destructive behavior, swearing, hitting others, etc. – without shutting
  • them down
  • allow them to express negative feelings: hurt, sadness, anger, etc.
  • not allowing expression or discussion can lead to passive aggressive behavior, i.e; using negative behavior to get back at parents, such as being uncommunicative, refusing to co-operate, or being deliberately annoying
  • we need to recognize if we are contributing to the problem and our child’s anger

don’t punish for being immature in expressing negative feelings

For you, what will be hardest about reacting to anger in this way?  Why?

 

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