Parenting and Raising Children
Parenting can be a difficult job, but with the
valuable parenting tips we provide on this site, we can make the job easier.
Parenting children successfully is one of the most important jobs in the world.
Many people believe that parenting begins with birth, but the mother begins
raising and nurturing a child well before birth. Each parenting style has
different levels of demand and responsiveness and the resulting child is
different for each style. When grown-up children become adults their
personalities show the result of successful or unsuccessful parenting.
Parenting, the process of raising and educating a child from birth until
adulthood, has recently become a very popular. The challenges of parenting seem
never ending and constantly evolving. One mother defined parenting as, "turning
a tiny, squalling, demanding stranger into a wise, productive, and capable
adult.” Good parents consciously plan and devote time to parenting. The goal of
parenting is to teach kids to develop self-discipline.
Children depend on their parents and family members for encouragement,
protection, and support as they learn to think for themselves. Children need a
safe and loving home where they do not have to grow up in fear. If the child's
dignity is safe, that is nobody encroaches upon a child physically or verbally,
then he is able to learn. Children require a lot of love, patience, time,
energy, money, and planning in order to give them the life they deserve. It
takes two people to make a child and two people to raise him/her.
Parents should help children by promoting moral action through self-discipline,
good work habits, kind and considerate behavior to others, and community
service. Parents play a valuable role in reducing violence by raising children
in safe and loving homes. At school, teachers give a child general literacy and
scientific knowledge; at home parents give a child general wisdom of life as
parents themselves understand it. Many parents have adopted non-physical
approaches to child discipline, for example time-out.
Children's entry into school and growing independence give parents an
opportunity to review their images of parenthood, to ask themselves how
successful and realistic they have been and to consider what changes they would
like to make in their relationships with their children.
Raising children is much harder than it looks, but with patience and hope,
children can mature into very emotionally-secure adults. Here, you will find
many valuable resources, articles and stories offering parenting help in today’s
world. Be sure to check back often as we will be continually adding up to date
resources to enhance your parenting success.
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Single Parenting
By Dave Kettner
Single parenting has seemingly become an acceptable norm which is unfortunate. Single parenting is a completely different world to regular parenting (households with a father and Read more...
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Parenting Classes
By Dave Kettner
Parenting classes can be just the thing new parents need to gain some knowledge and confidence they need in order to go bravely forth into the raising of their children. Be among the best Read more...
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Open University Podcast Addresses Moral Issues
Some of the most contentious moral issues of today’s society are the focus of Ethics Bites – a new series of podcasts from The Open University that features contributions from some of the most eminent commentators in the field drawn from across the world.
Home Sweet Home
By Mary Fagan<br /><br />My kids have complained now and again about where we live. They say, “There is NOTHING to do here” or “This place is a dump.” I think they miss its stong suit - simplicity.<br /><br />For example, while other communities flaunt hot pink flamingos or those silly sun-charged patio lights, we can experience a pilgrimage without leaving the yard at Our Lady of the Dish (formerly a tub) while nearby, a wide-variety of gardening backsides, shadow cut outs, surrounded by a colorful mix of annuals and weeds, offer our children yards of fun.<br />
Hanging Around Positive People and All That Stuff
By Gayle Carson<br />Did you know that five minutes of negative thinking takes 24 hours to recover from' Just <br />think about all the people you've been hanging out with' Do they sap your energy' Do they make you tired just thinking about them and their problems?<br /><br />
Parenting Children with Oppositional Defiant Disorder
By Mark Hutton, M.A.<br /><br />Children with ODD need to learn to take responsibility for their behavior and not use their diagnosis or disability as an excuse for inappropriate behavior. They need help learning how to:
Taking Prom Dresses to Web 2.0
Talk Prom Dresses has entered web2.0. The teen-based site is focused around homecoming and prom, two crucial milestones in a young person’s life. The relaunch of the site originally founded in 2005, featured improved interactive functions and enhancements, including prom picture galleries, informative prom night discussions, and augmented community forums.
About Your Mid-Winter Break
By Mary Fagan<br /><br />Dearest Child of Mine: <br /><br />Regardless of how off the mark you are when estimating my age, I didn’t have an educational experience that involved a one-room schoolhouse and writing on a slate. Laura Ingalls and I do not have that in common, although I did have to walk 5 miles to school in sub-zero weather and our cafeteria food resembled grayish green wallpaper paste served by older ladies with fishnets in their hair. I do remember looking forward to my vacations, as you do, and longing to have some “free” time. Now that we have that straight, let’s talk about this impending freedom.
A Separate Internet for Kids
By<a href="http://www.webfugitive.com/2008/02/04/a-separate-internet-for-kids/" target="_blank"> The WebFugitive</a><br />Pikluk aims to create a “subnet”–a walled-off part of the web–for pre-teens by letting parents filter which websites and email addresses their children can access.
The Meance of Telemarketers
By Alice Hart<br /><br />When did we become a nation of sheep so willing to accept invasion of privacy as a natural part of life that we are forced to cower in the corner when our telephone caller ID shows an 800 or restricted number (not available)' <br /><br />Is it not enough that we are inundated day after day with junk mail (even though it keeps the postal workers gainfully employed) and junk e-mail, that now our last viable means of <br />communication has become as cluttered as our mail boxes? <br /><br />Is there no recourse?<br /><br />
Parental Alienation Awareness Organization Begins Preparations for Parental Alie
Parental Alienation Awareness Organization (PAAO) is beginning the New Year by launching its campaign to organize events for April 25th-Parental Alienation Awareness Day.<br /><br />Because most people do not know about Parental Alienation until they experience it, parental alienation awareness was put forth to help raise awareness and education about this growing problem.<br /><br />
Atonement - Movie Review
The hubby and I decided to go see a movie and we had heard that Atonement was supposed to be a good one. Supposed to be - the operative words here. It was billed as a drama and love story. Hmm. I guess...
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