12/3/11

Ways To Get Along With Your Youngsters As You Prepare Them For Maturity

By Carlos Ponomichi Xavier


There is absolutely no way that you can know everything about parenting. You could start reading now and still not finish everything that's out there for the next decade. Your experience as a parent needs to start somewhere, so start taking an interest now in learning more about it. What is possibly the case is many people start their families, and they are so busy with everything that reading up on parenting may not be at the top of the list. Yes, people are different, and we do know some young parents who became well-read on the subject prior to having their first child. It's always good to learn new things, especially in parenting, so be proactive on tackling the subject.

Children can be compared to weasels, but lovable ones of course. I say that because they will try to find any way around some things such as one of your command parental decisions. But those are the precise times when you need to stand your ground, firmly. You're the only one who knows why you decided what you did and your child is only looking at how it will hurt them. All it takes is one moment of weakness and every decision you make in the future will be questioned. You can't make a different decision or take it back because you will be showing weakness and giving up. No matter how desperate they are, your child needs to know that they will not succeed.

One of the hardest things occurs when teenagers feel like they can criticize their parents in their presence. When this happen at the very start, it is quite understandable why parents would not approve of this. Quite naturally, the topic and how it was delivered would be of great importance. However, you must realize that teens are always inclined to break away from their parents and family. In addition, teens have to think that what they think and feel really matters, even if we disagree with them.

You can make your teens more responsible by giving them things around the house to do. Of course we are talking about near teen years and certainly teenage years. Chances are both parents work, and single parents almost have to do this just to get some help. But we noted this because teens need to understand that they can help out around the house. Yes, that is right - the home team. You should let them see what you are doing and what you expect them to get out of it. People have a much greater tendency toward cooperation if they are given the reason why and it makes sense to them.

Once kids become teens the whole parenting dynamic changes. Even though there can be some important challenges, it can still be an enjoyable and rewarding time for the family.

Something that may genuinely help your child through those tough times is having a favorite doll to play with. Talk with the local toy retailer to learn more.




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