Effective Parenting
No one provides us with clear guidelines about the right way to parent. Most of us do what our parents did or do the exact opposite depending on your opinion of how their parenting affected you while growing up. Sure, there are parenting books out there to tell us how to parent but how do we know which style of parenting is the most effective? To tell you the truth, with our multitasking nation, who has the time to sit down to read? Most of us parents just try to figure things out on our own with some guidance from family and friends. We all understand the importance of parenting and the huge responsibility associated with it but it is not easy! Pile on work, laundry, meals, spouse satisfaction, and everything else, and it is almost impossible!
Parenting skills training is not just for parents who have been accused of being “bad parents” and it is not just for parents of children with serious psychological problems. Parenting skills training is beneficial to every parent, because it allows you to provide you with tools to do the best job possible in raising your children. Parenting training can build your confidence in your ability to be a parent while preparing your children for independence and success.The quality and stability of a young child’s relationship with his or her parents (or primary caregivers) lays the foundation for children’s growth across a wide range of domains such as: cognitive, emotional, social, behavioral, and physical development.
Some Key features of Parenting Training:
Parenting skills training can also help parents manage specific behavioral problems or situations. Often, the goal is to help parents avoid ineffective parenting responses, by learning effective ways of managing their children’s behavior. Parents can also be taught strategies for managing children with special needs, such as ADHD children, children adjusting to divorce, and children diagnosed with specific psychological or behavioral problems.
Kelley Hall MA, LPC