Top Parenting Tips To Think About
If you are a first-time parent, you can prepare as much as possible, read as many books or articles as you can, and watch dozens of videos. Yet no matter how prepared you may feel, the reality is something you can never quite imagine until you go through it first-hand. Being a parent is one of the best and most rewarding things that you will ever do, yet it can also be one of the most challenging. This is why we have put together some top parenting tips that can help you along your way.
Always encourage your child
It is important to always encourage your child and not to do too much for them. If you see them concentrating on something or trying to do something such as tie their laces or put a toy in the right place, don’t rush to help them. Instead, encourage them to keep trying and not to give up. You don’t want to teach them that every time something is hard, you will do it for them. By allowing them to learn from their mistakes and persevere, it is a valuable lesson they will take into the rest of their life with them.
Don’t compare your child to their siblings
If you have other children, it can be very easy to compare them against each other. By doing so, it can make the other siblings feel upset or as if they are good enough at certain things. Instead, try to be positive and look at what the individual children are good at in their own way. If you want one to behave and the other is, you could perhaps say “copy your brother/sister, they are behaving well” but do this in a positive manner.
Openly communicate with your child
Communication between a parent and a child is key and it is important to always be as open as you can with them. If they ask you a question, try to answer it as openly and honestly as you can. If the child has misbehaved, instead of shouting at them, take them to one side and find out why they acted that way. Explain to them why it is not okay and tell them different ways that they can channel these feelings of frustration. This way they will learn to communicate by talking calmly rather than shouting.
If your child is acting up, see if there is a reason behind this.
If a child is being naughty, it could be that they are upset about something. Speak to them and find out what it is and how you can fix it. For example, they might not be able to speak properly and this could get them down. Combat this by taking them to a child speech pathology expert. You might find once this issue is fixed that they are much better behaved. Check that they are also not coming down with an illness, or are not falling out with other children in their nursery or school as this can also have a negative impact on your child.
Monitor how often your child uses the internet/ a screen
While screen time can be good, you also don’t want them to spend too much time on it. Let them have a certain amount each day and then encourage them to do something else such as playing in the garden, playing with their siblings or playing with physical toys. Things such as building blocks, art work, paint or baking with you are all ways that they can develop important skills, while also staying away from a screen. The internet can be isolating and not the best influence so the less time they are sat watching or interacting with it, the better. Make sure you have filters on their internet usage so they can’t see anything that is inappropriate for their age group.
These are just a few simple parenting tips that you can use to give your children the best start in their lives.
By ensuring you are supportive of them, they will grow up knowing and feeling that they can do anything they put their mind to. They will always know they can talk to you when they have an issue and won’t feel worried or scared to come to you if they have a difficult problem. Remember that parenting isn’t easy but never feel like you are failing. Remind yourself that you are doing a great job and it is a learning curve for you too!
37 thoughts on “Top Parenting Tips To Think About”
great tips you got there.. i am currently honing my skills as a solo momma to two little monsters of mine! hahahaha
Parenting skills continually get honed. I have another post coming soon on co-parenting that I think you may enjoy.
Open communication and not comparing to each other is really a must. Creating a positive outlook and encouraging will be a good way to raise the children too.
Teaching children to see the positives helps them to make great strides.
There shouldn’t be comparisons at all. Always encourage your child to be at their best! Your moral support will boost their confidence.
It is best to not compare children. Love them for who they are and support their growth to be the best version of themselves.
The last tip is hard to do. I am struggling on it. The rest, those are good ones that I am doing – being open to her all the time. Thanks for these parenting tips.
The fact that you are aware of where you struggle will help you to break through.
such a great tips about parenting! everyone should learn how to do proper way !
When we talk about the lessons we learn then we can help others to learn them too.
These are all good points to think about as a parent. I share the same thoughts on these things.
Thank you for reading. I am happy to hear your feedback.
Open communication with your child sets a very good field for interaction between you two! Besides, there won’t be any reason for either of you to be afraid of the other person when you can openly say what you want to say! Great tip! Thanks, Doc!
You are very welcome. Starting those awkward conversations at a young age helps when to be much less awkward as the kids get older.
Love these tips. I love that you included not comparing siblings. This is so important for healthy relationships.
When we compare siblings we set up a negative situation.
When we compare siblings we set up an unhealthy situation.
I LOVE that you pointed out looking for the reasons that your child is acting up. So many parents just punish their kids without actually looking for the cause of the behavior, and there is ALWAYS a cause.
Yes, there is always a reason. Kids truly do not act up just for the sake of acting up.
Such great tips for parents and anyone involved in a little ones life! I’ll be keeping this in mind with my nieces and nephews, thank you so much 🙂
You are very welcome. Your nieces and nephews are lucky to have such a caring Aunt.
As a relatively new parent, I’ve learned so much from your post. I’ll keep these in mind, especially not comparing siblings.
Ivan, that is a great compliment. Thank you for reading. DO come back for more on parenting in the coming weeks.
It is so important to encourage! And I agree, do not compare to other siblings!
No comparisons and lots of encouragement is a good parenting formula.
These are great tips that I will use with my kids. Sometimes my 7year old son gives me a hard time so I didn’t this, thank you.
Children push back sometimes. It is normal. They are testing their boundaries.
I love your tip on open communication. So many parents communicate with their children on a level far below what they can handle.
As parents, we can judge what they can handle. When we speak to them at a higher level they usually will rise to the occasion and learn great lessons.
I think encouragement is the absolute best thing we can ever do for or give to our kids. We should always be their biggest cheerleaders.
As a parent, it is a great gift to our kids to give them support and encouragement.
Encouraging your kids is the most important thing I could think of. My upbringing wasn’t the most encouraging, and it continues not to be. But I’ve since found people who are encouraging me in ways that they weren’t.
You found what was lacking in your childhood and now want to pay that forward.
I love these top parenting tips and believe they’re extremely important for nurturing our kids. Monitoring screen time is pertinent and more relevant than ever.
It is very easy for children, and adults, to get sucked into the vortex of the screen.
So many valid tips. The one that stood out most to me was not comparing them to their siblings. That’s so true.
That one seems to hit home with many.