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Learn some parenting skills

1. A Journey towards Effective Parenting Parenting from the Heart ထိရောက်သော မိဘအုပ်ထိန်းမှု ခရီးစဉ် နှလုံးသား ဖြစ် မိဘအုပ်ထိန်းခြင်း

2. Parenting is a gift of ______

3. Parenting is Gardening The Universe blossoms in face of child. By bringing out the best in your child, you bring out the best in this universe.

4. Parenting is Trust The biggest trust is being entrusted with a life. The biggest responsibility is to live that trust through out your life. အကြီးမားဆုံးယုံကြည်မှုမှာ ဘဝတစ်ခုကို အပ်နှင်းခြင်းပင်ဖြစ်သည်။ အကြီးမားဆုံးတာဝန်မှာ ထိုယုံကြည်မှုကို သင့်ဘဝတစ်လျှောက်လုံး အသက်ရှင်နေထိုင်ရန်ဖြစ်သည်။

5. Parenting is Labor of Love The sleepless nights, the career sacrifices, the postponing of your so many activities. The prize of parenting comes at a price.

6. Parenting is Enjoying Smiling together, singing songs, playing together with your child…..are most enjoyable moments of life.

7. Overview Practical Meaning of Parenting Myths and Facts related to Parenting Different Parenting Styles and their outcomes 12 Strategies for Nurturing a Child’s Developing Mind

8. Overview T he best approaches of parenting to teenagers Parental Involvement in Your Child’s Education SEL (Social Emotional Learning)

9. 1. Open Communication: Encourage open and honest communication with your teenager. Create a safe and non-judgmental environment where they feel comfortable expressing their thoughts, feelings, and concerns . Listen actively and validate their experiences, even if you don't always agree. 2. Set Clear Expectations: Establish clear and reasonable expectations for behavior, responsibilities, and consequences . Involve your teenager in the process of setting rules and boundaries , and ensure they understand the reasons behind them.

10. 3. Respect Their Independence: Recognize and respect your teenager's need for autonomy and independence. Allow them to make their own decisions whenever possible , while providing guidance and support as needed. 4. Lead by Example: Be a positive role model for your teenager by demonstrating the values, behaviors, and communication skills you want to instill in them . Show them how to handle challenges, conflict, and stress in a healthy and constructive manner.

11. 5. Provide Guidance, Not Control: Instead of trying to control every aspect of your teenager's life, focus on providing guidance and support . Offer advice, share your own experiences, and help them navigate difficult situations, but ultimately empower them to make their own choices . 6. Build Trust: Foster a trusting relationship with your teenager by being reliable, consistent, and supportive . Keep your promises, respect their privacy, and avoid betraying their trust.

12. 7. Encourage Independence: Encourage your teenager to take on responsibilities, pursue their interests, and develop their own identity. Support their goals and aspirations, and give them opportunities to learn and grow through new experiences. 8. Stay Calm and Patient: Adolescence can be a tumultuous time filled with mood swings, rebellion, and conflict . Stay calm and patient, even when faced with challenging behavior or disagreements. Choose your battles wisely and focus on maintaining a positive connection with your teenager.

13. 9. Celebrate Their Achievements: Acknowledge and celebrate your teenager's achievements, no matter how big or small . Offer praise and encouragement to boost their self-esteem and confidence , and show them that you're proud of their accomplishments. 10. Stay Involved: Stay involved in your teenager's life by showing interest in their activities, friends, and experiences. Attend their events, ask about their day, and stay informed about their interests and concerns. Show them that you're there to support and guide them, no matter what.

14. Practically, Parenting is…… Meeting the child’s needs to age of 18 or sometimes longer. Guiding the child toward the goal of becoming a competent adult.

15. Parenting Myths and Realities မိဘအုပ်ထိန်းခြင်းဒဏ္ဍာရီများနှင့်ဖြစ်ရပ်မှန်မျာ

16. Myth 1: All parenting skills are instinctive မိဘအုပ်ထိန်းခြင်းဆိုင်ရာ ကျွမ်းကျင်မှုအားလုံးသည် အလိုလိုသိနိုင်သည်

17. Facts: No one is born with all the preparation needed to be an effective parent Many parenting skills must be learned through gaining knowledge and experience

18. Myth 2: A mature adult can be a perfect parent adult can be a perfect parent A mature adult can be a perfect parent A mature adult can be a perfect parent

19. Facts: Humans are not perfect, so no one can be a perfect parent Mature adults should strive to become competent parents, not perfect parents

20. Myth 3: Good parenting guarantees good children

21. Facts: Influences outside the family, such as peers, adults other than parents, and media affect children in healthy or unhealthy ways

22. Myth 4:Parenting is always fun

23. Facts: Like any other job, parenting can be fun, sad, exciting, boring, satisfying, and frustrating Adults should have realistic expectations about parenting

24. Parenting Styles and Outcomes

25. Types of Parenting Styles Authoritarian Parenting Style Authoritative Parenting Style Permissive Parenting Style Uninvolved Parenting Style Attachment Parenting Style Helicopter Parenting Style Tiger Parenting Style Positive Parenting Style Responsive Parenting Style Coercive Parenting Style Distracted Parenting Style

26. Our parenting styles can influence how our child thinks about and interacts with the outside world, which can include: How they make friends and choose romantic partners How they view themselves (self-esteem) How they perform academically Their mental health and well-being

27. Parenting Styles and Outcomes

28. Parenting Styles and Outcomes Authoritarian Parenting Authoritarian parents are strict and demanding. They have high expectations for their children and often use punishment as a means of control. They value obedience and discipline but may lack warmth and emotional support. Authoritative Parenting In the Authoritative parenting style, parents set clear rules and boundaries for their children, but they also provide warmth, support, and open communication. They encourage independence and allow for a balanced mix of discipline and nurturing. Permissive Parenting Parents with a Permissive parenting style are lenient and indulgent. They are less likely to enforce strict rules and may prioritize their child’s happiness and desires. Discipline is usually minimal, and there is often a lack of structure. Uninvolved/ Neglectful Parenting Uninvolved or neglectful parents are disengaged and provide minimal emotional support or guidance to their children. They may meet basic physical needs but are generally detached from their child’s life and development.

29. 1. Authoritarian: Limits without Freedom These parents are extremely strict and are often cold. They communicate through lectures, yelling, punishment, and one-sided discussions. အာဏာရှင်- လွတ်လပ်မှုမရှိဘဲ ကန့်သတ်ချက်များ

30. OUTCOME Positives: Discipline and Order Safety and Protection High Academic Achievement Resilience and Self-Control Respect for Authority

31. OUTCOME Negatives: Limited Emotional Expression Low Self-Esteem Social and Communication Problems Rebellion and Resentment Fear and Anxiety Limited Problem-Solving Skills

32. 2.Permissive: Freedom without limits On the other extreme of the parenting spectrum is permissive parenting. As the name suggests, permissive parenting is more of an "anything goes" attitude. These parents do not attempt to exert any sort of control over their children. ခွင့်ပြုချက်- အကန့်အသတ်မရှိ လွတ်လပ်မှု

33. OUTCOME Positives: Warm and Supportive Relationships High Self-Esteem Creativity and Independence Open Communication Flexibility and Adaptability Emotional Expression

34. OUTCOME Negatives: Lack of Structure and Boundaries Behavioral Problems Poor Academic Performance Dependency Risk of Entitlement Difficulty with Authority

35. 3. Authoritative/ positive Parenting: Freedom with Limits Democratic parenting is the middle ground approach and is often considered the parenting ideal. Democratic parenting is based on warmth, love, guidance, and positive discipline. အပြုသဘောဆောင်သော မိဘအုပ်ထိန်းမှု

36. Democratic: Freedom within limits (or) Authoritative/ Positive Parenting

37. Outcome Positives: Healthy Development High Self-Esteem Good Behavior and Self-Regulation Positive Relationships Academic Success Independence and Autonomy

38. Outcome Negatives: Potential for Overwhelm Parent-Child Conflict Challenges with Consistency Cultural Differences

39. 4. Uninvolved/Neglectful Parenting Uninvolved/neglectful parenting is a caregiving style in which the parent is not physically or emotionally involved in their child’s day-to-day care, supervision, or activities . မပါဝင်/လျစ်လျူရှုသော မိဘအုပ်ထိန်းမှု

40. Outcome Negatives: Emotional and Psychological Issues Behavioral Problems Poor Academic Performance Social Difficulties Physical Health Issues Interpersonal Attachment Issues

41. Scenario Analysis Scenario 1: Age: 11 years old Behavior: The daughter/son brings home a report card with 2Bs, 1C, and 3D’s Scenario 2: Your 1 1 -year old daughter/son wants to know why you won't let her wear makeup, expensive branded clothes , and earrings. She says all her friends do. 

42. 5.Attachment Parenting Attachment parenting emphasizes the importance of forming a strong emotional bond with the child , often through practices such as baby-wearing, co-sleeping, and responsive feeding. Parents practicing attachment parenting aim to be highly attuned to their child's needs and emotions. တွယ်တာ မိဘအုပ်ထိန်းခြင်း

43. Outcome Positives: Secure Attachment Emotional Regulation Improved Mental Health Enhanced Brain Development Positive Self-Concept Strong Parent-Child Bond

44. Outcome Negatives: Exhaustion for Parents Limited Independence Social Stigma Challenges with Boundaries Difficulty with Transitions Potential for Over-Reliance

45. 6. Helicopter Parenting Helicopter parents are highly involved in their child's life and tend to hover over them, monitoring their activities closely and often intervening to prevent failure or discomfort. While their intentions may be good, helicopter parents may inadvertently hinder their child's independence and problem-solving skills.

46. Outcomes Positives: Safety and Security Academic Success Emotional Support Structured Environment Close Parent-Child Relationship

47. Outcomes Negatives: Lack of Independence Anxiety and Stress Low Self-Esteem Risk Aversion Difficulty with Transition Strained Relationships

48. 7. Tiger Parenting Tiger parenting is characterized by high levels of demandingness and expectations for academic or extracurricular achievement. Tiger parents push their children to excel academically and may have strict rules and consequences for underperformance.

49. Outcomes Positives: High Academic Achievement Resilience and Perseverance Goal Orientation Cultural Pride and Identity Preparation for Success

50. Outcomes Negatives: High Levels of Stress Limited Creativity and Exploration Negative Impact on Mental Health Strained Parent-Child Relationships Lack of Autonomy and Independence Risk of Burnout

51. 8. Positive Parenting Positive parenting focuses on building a strong, positive relationship with the child while promoting their emotional and social development. This approach involves using positive reinforcement, empathy, and non-punitive discipline techniques to guide children's behavior. အပြုသဘောဆောင်သော မိဘအုပ်ထိန်းမှု

52. Outcomes Positives: Healthy Relationships Emotional Well-being Behavioral Regulation Academic Success Independence and Autonomy Healthy Development

53. Outcomes Negatives: Overindulgence Permissiveness Avoidance of Conflict Unrealistic Expectations Dependency Social Skills Deficit

54. သင့်ကလေးသည် သူတို့၏ဒေါသအခိုက်အတန့်တွင် သင့်အား လေးစားမှုရှိစေလိုလျှင် သင့်ဒေါသအခိုက်အတန့်တွင် သူတို့ကို လေးစားမှုပြပါ။

55. Each parenting style has its strengths and weaknesses, and what works well for one family may not work for another. It's essential to recognize that no single parenting style is universally superior, and a balanced approach that incorporates elements of different styles may be most effective.

56. မိဘအုပ်ထိန်းမှုပုံစံတစ်ခုစီတွင် ၎င်း၏ အားသာချက်များနှင့် အားနည်းချက်များ ရှိကြပြီး မိသားစုတစ်ခုအတွက် ကောင်းမွန်သည့်အရာသည် အခြားတစ်ခုအတွက် အလုပ်မဖြစ်နိုင်ပါ။ တစ်ခုတည်းသော မိဘအုပ်ထိန်းမှုပုံစံသည် ကမ္ဘာလုံးဆိုင်ရာ သာလွန်ကောင်းမွန်ကြောင်း အသိအမှတ်ပြုရန် အရေးကြီးပြီး မတူညီသောပုံစံများ၏ အစိတ်အပိုင်းများကို ပေါင်းစပ်ထားသည့် မျှတသောချဉ်းကပ်မှုသည် အထိရောက်ဆုံးဖြစ်နိုင်ပါသည်။

57. Mindful Parenting: Mindful parenting is about being present enough in the moment that you’re aware of the context in which these feelings and behavior are happening.

58. How can we be mindful as much as we can ? Notice Your Surroundings Focus on One Thing at a Time Be Grateful For What You Have Now Show Acceptance Practice Mindfulness Meditation Find Positive Social Support Be Mindful of Everything You Do Practice Deep Breathing Exercises Take a Break From Social Media and Technology Get Regular Exercise or Do Some Yoga

59. Scenario Analysis Setting Boundaries Dealing with Tantrums Addressing Sibling Rivalry Managing Screen Time Encouraging Responsibility Supporting Academic Success

60. Set Clear Limits : Establish clear rules regarding screen time usage. This includes specifying the amount of time allowed for screen use each day and which activities are permitted. Lead by Example : Children often mimic their parents' behavior. Be a positive role model by managing your own screen time and engaging in alternative activities. Create Tech-Free Zones : Designate certain areas of the house, such as the dining room or bedrooms, as screen-free zones. This helps in reducing the temptation to use screens during family time or before bed. Encourage Outdoor Activities : Promote outdoor play and physical activities as alternatives to screen time. Encourage sports, bike rides, hikes, or simply playing in the backyard to keep them engaged and active. Provide Engaging Alternatives : Offer a variety of non-screen activities that capture their interest, such as board games, puzzles, arts and crafts, reading books, or playing musical instruments.

61. Involve Them in Setting Rules : Include your child in the process of setting screen time limits. This fosters a sense of responsibility and ownership over their own behavior. Use Screen Time as a Reward : Allow screen time as a reward for completing chores, homework, or engaging in other constructive activities. Limit Access to Screens : Utilize parental controls and screen time management features available on devices to limit access during certain hours or to specific apps. Provide Education on Screen Time : Help your child understand the importance of balancing screen time with other activities. Teach them about the potential negative effects of excessive screen use on physical health, mental well-being, and social skills. Foster Family Bonding : Spend quality time together as a family without screens, such as having meals together, playing games, or going on outings. This strengthens family bonds and reduces reliance on screens for entertainment.

62. Assign Age-Appropriate Chores : Give your child specific chores that are suitable for their age and capabilities. These can include tasks like setting the table, tidying their room, feeding pets, or helping with meal preparation. Provide Clear Expectations : Clearly communicate what you expect from your child in terms of responsibilities. Explain why each task is important and how it contributes to the functioning of the household. Offer Positive Reinforcement : Praise and acknowledge your child's efforts when they fulfill their responsibilities. Positive reinforcement motivates them to continue behaving responsibly and reinforces good habits. Set a Routine : Establish a daily or weekly routine that includes time for completing chores and responsibilities. Consistency helps children develop a sense of structure and accountability. Lead by Example : Be a role model for responsible behavior by fulfilling your own duties and commitments. Children learn best by observing their parents, so demonstrate responsible habits in your own actions.

63. Encourage Problem-Solving Skills : Encourage your child to find solutions to challenges they encounter while completing their responsibilities. This helps them develop problem-solving skills and boosts their confidence in handling tasks independently. Give Them Ownership : Allow your child to take ownership of certain responsibilities, such as caring for a pet or maintaining their belongings. This instills a sense of pride and accountability in their actions. Teach Time Management : Help your child learn how to prioritize tasks and manage their time effectively. Teach them to break down larger tasks into smaller, manageable steps to prevent feeling overwhelmed. Provide Constructive Feedback : Offer constructive feedback when necessary to help your child improve their performance. Focus on praising their efforts while also providing guidance on areas where they can do better. Encourage Independence : Gradually empower your child to take on more responsibilities and make decisions on their own. Offer support and guidance as needed, but allow them to learn from their mistakes and take ownership of their actions.

64. HAPPY PARENTING

65. The Whole-Brain Child By Daniel J.Siegel & Tina Payne Bryson 12 Strategies for Nurturing a Child’s Developing Mind ကလေးတစ်ဦး၏ ဖွံ့ဖြိုးဆဲဉာဏ်ကို ပြုစုပျိုးထောင်ရန် နည်းဗျူဟာ 12 ခု

66. The Whole-Brain Child

67. The Whole-Brain Child

68. 12 Strategies for Nurturing a Child’s Developing Mind Connect and Redirect: Surfing Emotional Waves Name It to Tame It: Telling Stories to Calm Big Emotions Engage, Don’t Enrage: Appealing to the Upstairs Brain Use It or Lose It: Exercising the Upstairs Brain Move It or Lose It: Moving the Body to Avoid Losing the Mind Use the Remote of the Mind: Replaying Memories Remember to Remember: Making Recollection a Part of Your Family’s Daily Life Let the Clouds of Emotions Roll by: Teaching That Feelings Come and Go SIFT: Paying Attention to What’s Going on Inside Exercise ‘Mindsight’: Getting Back to the Hub Increase the Family Fun Factor: Making a Point to Enjoy Each Other Connect Through Conflict: Teach Kids to Argue with a ‘We’ in Mind

69. 12 Strategies for Nurturing a Child’s Developing Mind 1.Connect and Redirect: စိတ်လှုပ်ရှားမှုလှိုင်းများ လှိုင်းစီးခြင်း။ 2.Name It to Ta m e It: ကြီးမားသော စိတ်ခံစားမှုများကို ငြိမ်သက်စေရန် ပုံပြင်များပြောခြင်း။ 3.Engage, Don't Enrage - အပေါ်ထပ် ဦးနှောက်ကို ဆွဲဆောင်ခြင်း။ 4. It or Lose It - အပေါ်ထပ် ဦးနှောက်ကို လေ့ကျင့်ပါ။ 5. Move It or Lose It: စိတ်မပျက်စေရန် ခန္ဓာကိုယ်ကို ရွှေ့ပါ။ 6.Remote of the Mind ကိုသုံးပါ- အမှတ်တရများကို ပြန်လည်ပြသခြင်း။ 7. မှတ်သားရန်- အမှတ်ရမှုသည် သင့်မိသားစု၏နေ့စဉ်ဘဝ၏ အစိတ်အပိုင်းတစ်ခုဖြစ်သည်။ 8. စိတ်ခံစားမှု တိမ်တိုက်များ လှိမ့်ပါစေ- ခံစားချက်များ ကြွလာစေရန် သင်ကြားပေးခြင်း။ 9.SIFT- အတွင်းတွင်ဖြစ်ပျက်နေသည့်အရာများကို ဂရုပြုပါ။ 10. 'Mindsight' ကို လေ့ကျင့်ပါ- အချက်အချာသို့ ပြန်သွားရန် 11. မိသားစုပျော်စရာအချက်ကို တိုးမြှင့်ပါ- အချင်းချင်း ပျော်ရွှင်စေရန် အချက်တစ်ခု ဖန်တီးပါ။ 12. ပဋိပက္ခများမှတဆင့် ချိတ်ဆက်ပါ- ကလေးများကို 'ကျွန်ုပ်တို့' ဖြင့် ငြင်းခုံရန် သင်ပေးပါ။

70. 1) “Connect and Redirect: Surfing Emotional Waves”  When your child is upset it is important to first connect using both of your right brains in order to make the emotional connection and to let them know that you ‘ get ’ that they are upset even if your don’t fully understand the ‘why’ behind it.  Then, once your child is more in control and receptive, you are able to bring the left brain into this conversation to talk about any lessons and/or discipline that need to be spoken about.

71. 2) “Name It to Tame It: Telling Stories to Calm Big Emotions”:  Talking about experiences can be helpful.  The telling and re-telling of experiences can actually help to calm big right brain emotions, because the left brain can help make sense of the experiences and it helps to make your child feel more in control.

72. 3) “Engage, Don’t Enrage: Appealing to the Upstairs Brain”:  In situations where emotions run high helping your child to access the parts of their “Upstairs Brain” that are available to them rather than triggering the more primitive “Downstairs Brain” can help to engage your child in the solution-making process.  Be curious by asking questions providing options/alternatives as well as using this as an opportunity to practice negotiating skills.

73. 4) “Use It or Lose It: Exercising the Upstairs Brain”:  Helping your child develop their “Upstairs Brain” while it is under construction can help build neural pathways and the process of accessing these pathways time and time again helps to build stronger connections in the future.  Making a game out of “What would you do?” and letting your child brainstorm and talk about a variety of solutions to different issues can be a wonderful exercise. While it may be tempting for us to share our own ideas/thoughts, try to avoid rescuing kids from difficult decisions, since it does not provide the same experience as when they are exercising their “Upstairs Brain”.

74. 5)“Move It or Lose It: Moving the Body to Avoid Losing the Mind”:  One of the best things that we can do when a child has lost connection with their “Upstairs Brain” is to help them regain balance through movement of their body.  Research has demonstrated that our emotional state (i.e. our mood) can be altered through our physical state via movement (e.g. going for a run) or relaxation (e.g. deep breathing).

75. 6) “Use the Remote of the Mind: Replaying Memories:  Children rarely have the opportunity to be in control of a lot of what goes on in their worlds and so when they have this opportunity to do so it can be a great learning experience for them.  Often times children can be reluctant to talk about painful events/ memories. Using a figurative remote which allows them to ‘pause’, ‘rewind’ and ‘fast-forward’ parts of the story can help them feel more in control of what they wish to share at that point in time and can help them work up to talking about the more difficult details.

76. 7) “Remember to Remember: Making Recollection a Part of Your Family’s Daily Life”: Another important way to help exercise your child’s brain is to help them use the power of recall.  Talking about past important events helps to integrate implicit and explicit memories. The simple act giving children the opportunity to tell their stories helps them to improve an understanding of their past and present experiences.

77. 8) “Let the Clouds of Emotions Roll by: Teaching That Feelings Come and Go”:  Teaching children that emotions are like clouds they come and they go and letting them roll on by helps to ensure that children understand that these are temporary states rather than enduring traits.  Making the distinction between “feel” and “am” is an important one to make (e.g. “I  feel  sad right now” versus “I  am  sad”) since the latter may be seen as a defining trait of who they are rather than a temporary state of being of how they are feeling in this moment in time.

78. 9)“SIFT: Paying Attention to What’s Going on Inside:  Helping your children pay attention to the “ S ensations,  I mages,  F eelings and  T houghts” that resides within them is a helpful way of getting them to be aware of what they are actually experiencing.   This is the first important piece in helping your children to develop “Mindsight” which is the understanding of our own minds as well as the minds of others.

79. 10) “Exercise ‘Mindsight’: Getting Back to the Hub”:  The “Wheel of Awareness” is a tool that can help us visualize our mind like the wheel of a bike complete with an outer rim, spokes and an inner hub.  Our thoughts, feelings, dreams, memories, perceptions and bodily sensations are on the outer rim of the wheel and the centre hub is the place in which our awareness resides, this is the place from which we are able to choose what point on the rim we wish to focus on (the spokes, see below). Children, like adults, can find themselves stuck on a particular thought and showing them that they have the ability to shift their attention and focus to another thought can help them gain more control over how they feel.  This “Mindsight” practice helps children learn how to calm themselves and to focus their attention to where they would like it to be.

80. 11) “Increase the Family Fun Factor: Making a Point to Enjoy Each Other”:  Many parents/caregivers often find that they spend so much of their time either disciplining their children and/or getting from one activity to the next.  “Playful Parenting” (e.g. being silly, telling jokes or playing games) is one way that you can build healthy relationships with your children. It allows children to have positive experiences with their parents/caregivers and it also helps model future relationships and connection.

81. 12) “Connect Through Conflict: Teach Kids to Argue with a ‘We’ in Mind”:  Conflict is often thought of as something to be avoided at all costs; however, that is neither practical nor is it possible.  Teaching our children how to use the power of Mindsight to manage conflict in healthy and productive ways can be an excellent learning opportunity to build skills such as taking another person’s perspective, reading non-verbal cues and making amends.

82. What are some appropriate solutions to the following situations? Your daughter/son is throwing a ball in the living room and knocks over a lamp. Your daughter/son leaves dirty clothes on the floor instead of putting them in the bucket where they are supposed to go. Your child refuses to do homework and keeps on watching television. Your son takes her brother’s money from his piggy bank and spends it.

83. PARENT CONTRIBUTIONS... Roughhouses with children; plays louder Encourage competition Do not modify language for the child’s sake Talk is brief, direct, and to the point, with subtle body language and facial expressions Help children prepare for harshness and reality of the real world Model traits of men and how to treat women Encourage children to take chances, push limits Stress justice, fairness, and duty Encourages independence from family Teaches a sense of right and wrong with discipline Gentle with children; plays quieter Encourage equity Simplifies words and talks on child’s level Talk is more descriptive, personal, expressive of feelings, and verbally encouraging Help protect children from the harshness and reality of real world Model traits of women and how to treat men Encourages caution and protection of self Stress sympathy, care, and help Encourages security in the family Teaches a sense of hopefulness with discipline Fathers: Mothers :

84. A-Z of Parenting

85. A- Accept your child for the wonderful person he or she is

86. B- Be a good role model in all you say and do.

87. C- Communicate respectfully and listen attentively to your child.

88. D- Discipline fairly, firmly and with love

89. E- Encourage good eating habits

90. F- Find ways to get and stay fit together

91. G- Give chores that built responsibility

92. H- Hug your child to build self-worth

93. I- Instill respect for other people

94. J- Join PTMs and other school activities to assess child’s progress

95. K- Keep your promise or do not make them

96. L- Laugh together and enjoy each other’s company

97. M- Make family rules and enforce them consistently

98. N- Never Use physical force on your child

99. O- Offer your help whenever it’s needed

100. P- Praise your child for achievements as well as for efforts

101. Q- Quickly stop your child from harmful activities.

102. R- Read together often and make reading fun

103. S- Show patience and remember nobody is perfect

104. T- Teach health and safety rules.

105. U- Use every opportunity to show your love

106. V- Value your child’s thoughts and opinion

107. W- Wait until you cool down before disciplining your child

108. X- Xerox and save records of your child’s achievements

109. Y- You can make a difference in your child’s life….so parent with pride.

110. Z- Zoom over this ABC again and again.

111. Parent’s Pledge

112. I Promise…I will show my children I LOVE them .

113. I will listen and value what my children say.

114. I will praise my child’s efforts towards accomplishment.

115. I will respect my children as individuals.

116. And….. I will enjoy with my children everyday.

117. HAPPY PARENTING