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Parents
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SARAL
Tips for Better Parenting
 Childhood
is the most beautiful and even most important
period of one's life. Our whole personality depends
on our past experiences and most of our childhood
experiences are so very close to our heart. These
experiences shape our lives.Parents, aware of
above fact can give the best to their children.
SARAL provides you with some unique parenting
tips that can help you in achieving the goal of
better parenting easily.
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- DO’S
- Spend some quality
time with them.
- Give importance
to their aptitude, competency, dreams
and aspirations. They need not be the
same as yours.
- Give them their
space; let them express their views and
don't impose yours.
- Learn to forgive
their minor mistakes.
- Eat with them;
go for a walk; encourage family activities;
read a book in turns and have a debate.
- Visit their
room/place and find out the types of books
they read, habits they have learnt, etc;
but don't police too often.
- Be patient and
considerate if they can't study and learn
fast; respect their pace. Offer some help
to them in the form of Mind Power Training
etc.
- Teach them higher
values of life - morals, ethics, honesty,
sincerity, generosity, kindness, and truthfulness.
- Encourage and
motivate them in case of failures.
- Help them in
taking decisions on their education, career,
selection of spouse, etc.
- Allow them to
commit mistakes, but ensure that they
learn from their mistakes.
- Appreciate good
things done by them; keep a record of
their achievements; teach them the importance
of appreciating people.
- Reduce their
T.V. watching; set limits; tell them to
watch useful programs (apart from entertainment
programs). This applies to you as well.
- Let them decorate
their room; you may however give advices.
- Discuss and don't
encourage arguments.
- Ask open-ended
questions; this helps them to think, analyze
and express; offer choices.
- Pray together;
explain the importance of prayer; pray
for them; ask them to pray for you.
- DONT’S
- Don't keep advising
them.
- Don't be partial to one of your child
as compared to the other.
- Don't think that material comforts
can substitute emotional needs of children.
- Don't bring them up in a very protective
environment without any risk and difficulty.
- Don't pamper them with money, comforts,
and pleasures. Don't give them whatever
they want, but don't deny legitimate comforts
and pleasures.
- Don't ill-treat the girl child and
pamper the boy child.Don't be rigid in
your thinking and habits; learn to change
along with changing times.
- Don't disturb them when they are studying.
- Don't love them only if they listen
or agree with you.
- Don't expect them to read your mind;
express your feelings, experience, opinions
and expectations.
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