32 Tips On How to be A Great Parent
Are you a parent or soon to become one? Want thirty-two tips on how to become a great mom — to your kids? Of course you do. So read on and soak up the suggestions. Your children will love you more than ever!
1) Love them unconditionally.
2) Provide them with food, clothing and shelter.
3) Protect them but do not overprotect them by not letting them make mistakes. Let them learn from their errors.
4) Be patient.
5) Be emotionally available to your children.
6) Be available more on weekends.
7) Demonstrate love and respect to your spouse so that they may learn to love and respect their future partners.
Teach them how to pray and be good Christians.
9) Be an active listener.
10) Let your children talk and do not interrupt them. You will always learn something new about them.
11) Put yourself in their shoes.
12) Empathize rather than sympathize with them.
13) Accept their imperfections.
14) Acknowledge their uniqueness.
15) Never compare them to other children.
16) Praise their efforts — both small and great.
17) Play with them. Be goofy. Be a kid at heart.
18) Create a family album or family tree project together. Tell them stories about your own grandparents, great-grandparents, ancestors. This will teach them the importance of family.
19) Respect their friends and treat them courteously, even if you don’t like some of them. If you’ve taught your kids well, they will know better than to keep bad company.
20) Make sure your children go to school ready to learn.
21) Make time to help them with homework.
22) Admit when you don’t know the answer. There is no shame in it. Your child will respect you more for your honesty.
23) Find the answer together. Two heads are better than one.
24) But do not give the answers too easily. Let them experience the thrill of finding out for themselves.
25) Monitor their academic progress. Any slip-ups must be nipped at the bud.
26) Attend school functions. Show them how much you support them.
27) Volunteer at the school. That’s teaching them school spirit!
28) Be friends with their teachers to teach them harmonious adult relationships.
29) if your child is an athlete, support him or her in victory or defeat.
30) Be a good role model for sportsmanship.
31) As we grow older and become what is euphemistically referred to as “more mature”, we tend to forget things about our childhood. Being around children can help us remember. And when we remember, we can recall those things adults did for us … and to us … and thus more easily make correct choices with our own children.
32) All parents make mistakes. Try to remember the mistakes your parents made with you, and endeavor to not repeat them. When (not “if”) you make mistakes with your own children, ask them to forgive you, promise to try to not make them again, and give your children permission to not make the same mistakes with their children. When they get older, you will be one of the people they most admire.
