Parents can make sure these 5 major points which play an important role in children’s life, not even Mothers but Fathers can also make sure these things can never go neglected in one’s life. These 5 points will help you in parenting your children better.
Table of Contents
1. Love and Acceptance
The most important thing parents can provide their child with is love and acceptance. A child must know he will be loved for who he is, rather than what he achieves. Unconditional love is the first step of good parenting.
2. Role-models
It is important for parents to maintain a healthy relationship with each other. Mothers and fathers are their children’s best role models. Children behave the way they see their parents behave.
3. Providing an Education
It is a parent’s duty to provide their children with an environment that encourages learning. This could be learning to be self sufficient at home to going to a good school. In this age of rapidly changing technology children need to be given opportunities to develop their skills and abilities.
4. Basic Nutrition and Exercise
It is a parent’s responsibility to provide the child with a nutritious diet and encourage a healthy lifestyle. Eating and exercise habits that are established in childhood stay with people as they grow older and impact their health as adults. What we feed children today is what they’ll eat in the future.
5. Safety and Self esteem
Children must be provided a safe environment to grow up in. They need to be protected from all sorts of abuse inside the home and outside. This is essential to strengthen self esteem and resilience. A child’s strength of character can only be developed once they are in a secure and happy environment.
Article written by Aliya for Kids and Mom section.
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