Being a parent is a challenge for both the parent and the kids. Parenting little kids is a combination of setting an admirable example, teaching kid’s right from wrong and impressing that one virtue as often as possible. Since parents are the first role model a child will know, it is the perfect opportunity to mold their impressionable minds with positive attitudes and behavior. Kids will mimic what they see and hear and if they see and hear rude behavior and negative attitudes, that is what they will display.
Kids need continuity and sometimes repetition in order to learn. Once the lesson is learned it will usually stick when reinforced with positive glue. Kids are kids, and a lot of times has to hear the same message multiple times before they get it. It is not because kids are being stubborn or trying to be difficult, although that is the ulterior motive of some kids; it is because they are kids and that what kids do sometimes. Parenting kids mean not confusing them with conflicting behavior. If the parent says one thing but does something else, the kids will not know what is acceptable and what is not acceptable.
Little kids will also absorb their environment. If they live in an environment of negative attitudes and rude behavior, that is what they will learn and display and parents will have a pint size “dead end kid” on their hands. If the environment they live in is one of respect, love, cooperation and a demonstration of responsibility, the kids will absorb those characteristics and learn to be upstanding, respectful kids. Of course, they will still be kids and annoy their parents but they will be somewhat respectful about it.
Parents should reinforce good behavior with some focused attention on the positive. An eye must be kept on the kids to keep them on the straight and narrow but the good kids need attention to. Positive attention will result in positive behavior. The kids will become what they are told they are. Parenting kids is demonstrating beyond a shadow of a doubt good will win out over evil every time.
An overall parenting plan should include guidelines, rules, laws whatever a parent wants to call them, but it is an overall framework of what is expected of the kids as well as the parents. Boundaries and consequences must be part of the package. Parenting little kids means making them understand every action comes with a consequence. Sometimes the kids have to learn the hard way an action will have a negative result. Consequences, which is a fifty-cent word for punishment, must be appropriate for the age of the kids. The punishment must be carried out or the kids will have the upper hand.
Kids are not always the ones that make mistakes. Parents often will do or say something in the heat of the moment and realize later it was not the best way to handle a certain situation. Gain a level of respect from the kids, and fess up when the parent is wrong. The kids will want to send mom and dad to bed early, but a punishment for mom and dad might be to do something in the way of a treat for the kids. Parenting little kids means taking the castor oil and moving on.
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Colby Brister is a writer for My Baby Bedding Shop and is the loving parent of two. One boy and one girl. His children are all grown up now but he loves writing about children and giving tips on certain scenarios that parents are faced with along the way. Colby sure hopes that you have found this article helpful. Colby would like for you to check out his trend lab baby bedding his trend lab giggles crib bedding and his jojo designs handbags.
