Do you and your partner parent differently? Do you ever wonder what the right parenting style is? Have you thought about your parenting style and how it compares to other parents?
If you answered yes to these questions read on....
What is your parenting style and what does it mean?
1. "Do it my way" style
2. "Do it your way" style
3. "Do it our way" style
Parenting is not an easy job and our children are brought in with their first breath to test us! How we respond to those tests makes a huge difference. In life 10% is what happens to us and the other 90% is how we respond to what happens. You can decide how to respond.
So let's investigate the parenting styles.
The "do it my way" style is the style where the parent makes all the decisions without consulting the child at all. This style is more of a demanding and dominate style. Individuals with this style think that children should be seen and not heard.
The "do it your way" style is a style where the child makes all the decisions. In this style the parent is a passive bystander. The parent allows the child to make bed time decisions and unhealthy lifestyle decisions.
The "do it our way" style is a style of compromise. This style offers guidance without demanding. Choices and consequences are part of the characteristics of this style. Children have "buy in" to decisions because they helped make them. This style creates a harmonious parent/child relationship.
My challenge to you is to think about your style and think about how you can work towards being a "do it our way" parent.
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