KEY TO BEING A

GOOD PARENT

Is it important to be a good parent?

What is parenting?
Parenting is the process of promoting and supporting
the physical, emotional, social, and intellectual
development of a child from infancy to adulthood.
Parenting refers to the aspects of raising a child
aside from the biological relationship.

Being a parent is one of the most fulfilling

experiences a person can have. The most
important thing a parent can give their child,
however, is a sense of being loved.

The goal of parenting is to help

your child develop into a
decent, self-confident human
being, and NOT to show them
whos the boss in your family or
to instill fear!

Good parenting helps foster

empathy, honesty, selfreliance, self-control, kindness,
cooperation, and cheerfulness.
It also promotes intellectual
curiosity, motivation, and
desire to achieve

The 10 Principles of Good Parenting

1. What you do matters

2. You cannot be too loving

- This is one of the most important

- It is simply not possible to spoil a
principles
child with love
- What you do makes a difference
- A spoiled child is not a result of
- Your kids are watching you.
showing him too much love.
- Don't just react on the spur of the moment.

3. Be involved in your childs life

- Rearrange your priorities
- Sacrifice what you want to do for
what your child needs to do
- Be there mentally as well as
physically.

4. Adapt your parenting to fit

your child
- Keep pace with your childs
development
- Consider how age is affecting
the child's behavior.

5. Establish and set rules

- Manage your childs behavior while
he is young
- Teach him how to tell right from
wrong
- Consequences for bending the
rules.

7. Be consistent
- Your rules mustnt vary from day to
day
- When parents aren't consistent,
children get confused.

9. Explain your rules and

decisions
- What is obvious to you may
not be evident to a 12-year-old

6. Foster your child's independence

- Encouraging independence
helps develop a sense of selfdirection
- It is normal for children to push
for autonomy.

8. Avoid harsh discipline

- Parents should never hit a child
- Spanking causes aggression in
children
- Time out instead of spanking.

10. Treat your child with respect

- Children treat others the way
their parents treat them
- Give your child the same
courtesies you would give to
anyone else.

Result of good parenting

Result of bad parenting

Are you satisfied with the way your child is raised?

7 mothers
were being
questioned
about their
parenting.

7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
Yes

I could have
done better

No

Parenting styles
Authoritative parenting
Authoritarian parenting
Permissive parenting
Uninvolved parenting

How to be a good parent: Its all about

you!
Research has shown that the one thing a person can do
to be a better parent is to focus on developing him or
herself. This is where a person has to start in order to be
a loving, involved mother or father.
We project our critical feelings about ourselves on to
our children.
The ambivalent attitudes we have toward our children
are simply a reflection of the ambivalent attitudes we
have toward ourselves. It is not uncommon for parents
to disown their self-critical attitudes by projecting them
onto their child.
As a result, children begin to see themselves through a
negative filter, which will stay with them throughout
their lives.

Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parenting
http://www.webmd.com/parenting/features/10commandments-good-parenting
http://tweenparenting.about.com/od/relatingtoyourt
ween/a/Good-Parenting.htm

Milica Preradovic

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!