The Right Parenting Skills to Let Your Children Feel Nearer To You

Posted by Gauri Satpute on July 9th, 2018

Mastering Parenting Skills

Children are like sponges. They absorb the good and the bad, advantageous and disadvantageous, reality and myths existing in their environs incessantly. Sometimes we as adults forget the space for empathy that we should hold for our young ones. Here comes the role of having the right parenting skills to let your children feel nearer to you.

Learn And Grow With Him: You need not put forward your long learned philosophy of life before him. He cannot understand and relate to your experiences. Instead get down to his level. An activity like reading a bedtime story with your loved one puts at par yours as well his intellect.

Create A Healthy Peaceful Environment At Home: Children are sensitive, inappropriate arguments in the house can disrupt their peace of mind. Precise and good learning comes with a happily relaxed surrounding. Try not to carry any work or personal stress in front of your child and spend a restful and pleasant time with him.

Help Your Youngster Achieve Self Reliance: To know the ways of the world is the only option to avoid harm. Little goals should be set up to increase a sense of self-confidence. Social and interpersonal talks should be promoted. Or maybe you can just ask your child to bring him a packet of wafers from a nearby shop while you stand on the other side of the road keeping an eye on the traffic.

Know What He Needs: Psychology of relationships( be it a parent-child relationship or a love relationship) concludes that all of this is hanging upon two simple laws of understanding and knowing what the other person feels and needs. Children cannot always find words to express their immensity of perplexed thoughts and emotions. As such sitting beside them and having an open and friendly talk can do wonders for their emotional and psychological well being and lets you know their actual needs.

Be The First One To Make A Change: This one on one interaction with yourself will make you know about your own actions, ideas, and behavior. Once sure about your own inner self you will be able to portray a better outer self in front of your child. Negative sentiments can be harsh on a vulnerable mind. Ward them off!

Gauri Satpute has been doing research on child psychology. She writes extensively on child health issues, parent-child relationships, parental goals, modern-day parenting challenges to name a few.