What is parenting? 

There are three major goals of parenting: 

1. Ensuring children’s health and safety
2. Preparing children for life as productive adults
3. Transmitting cultural values.

In short, good parenting involves creating a safe, nurturing environment for children to become independent adults. 

As parents, we must take the time to understand our children’s emotional and physical needs and create a system to support them. Effective communication is essential to identify their needs. Modern parents foster communication with their children by treating them as independent beings. 

If we want our children to be successful, we must start treating them as autonomous human beings and allow them to tell us what they need while at the same time reinforcing good behavior and punishing bad behavior in an attend to transmit our cultural values.

But it is difficult to know if we are doing a good job.

Don’t worry! We are here to help with 7 signs of modern parenting! 

1. Autonomy and Independence. 

Do you treat your child as an independent person?

We often want to do everything for our kids. But this may take away their opportunity to learn. We must prepare them for life by allowing them to make their own decisions and face the consequences of those choices. 

Giving your children the opportunity to make their own decisions, such as the clothes they wear to school, extra-curricular activities, and friends encourages them to trust their judgment and take responsibility for their actions. 

2. Reward Good Actions and Punish Bad Behavior 

Do you set clear boundaries for your children? Do your children know what is good and bad behavior? 

As they do “good” and “bad” things, start to create a list of those behaviors to help them identify what is acceptable. Once you have a list of behaviors, develop a reward system. When your children do something good, praise them, or take them to the park. It will help them understand that good behavior is valued and encourage them to continue acting like good kids. Parents should also provide consequences for misbehavior, such as taking away privileges or losing a toy.

3. Love and Affection 

Often, we forget to show affection to our kids. Telling your kids that you love them and giving them toys is not enough.

Are you spending time with them? Do you play with them? Do you ask them about their interests? 

Spending quality time with your kids and valuing their opinion is essential to build a strong relationship with them. These moments create positive emotions that stimulate your child’s brain to help them learn new things and develop their cognitive abilities. Love and affection can also reduce stress, anxiety, and depression, thereby positively affecting your child’s development. 

4. Confidence (Strong Self-Esteem)

When your child is working to accomplish something, do you allow them to solve the problem alone or with little assistance?

Allowing them to work hard is essential to build self-esteem. Don’t take away their opportunity to fail.

Once they start overcoming challenges, they will gain confidence in their abilities and become more comfortable in their skin. Soon, they will start trusting their judgment and develop a realistic view of their strengths and weaknesses.

5. The Capacity of Flexible Problem Solving 

Is your child coming up with creative solutions to problems? Do you ask them about different ways to solve problems? 

Being able to solve problems with creativity is essential for your child’s development. 

Encouraging your children to think outside the box enables them to be open-minded and accept diverse points of view. This will help them form meaningful relationships with a wide range of people, and again the skills to become great communicators and leaders down the line. 

Activities like solving puzzles, creating stories, or explaining natural events are excellent to promote creative problem-solving.

6. Strong Relationships 

Families come in all shapes and sizes, and our children’s definition of family may not align with ours. Some people are going to be important in our children’s lives that we don’t like, such as a stepdad or stepmom. In these instances, we must put our egos aside and strive to maintain a healthy relationship with them, for our children’s sake. 

In addition, it is essential to build strong relationships with our children’s teachers. Working closely with teachers can help our children succeed in school and provide them with the support they need to do well. The school staff may be able to provide special accommodation or work with us to address any misbehavior. 

In short, our goal as parents should be to ensure that our children are surrounded by positive and supportive relationships. 

7. Communication Skills 

We must communicate effectively with our children to create healthy and long-lasting relationships. 

We should be patient and clear when speaking to them and listen carefully and without judgment. It is essential to be honest with them and make sure they are comfortable bringing up any issue they may have. If they are comfortable talking to us now, they will come back for advice when they need it. 

Asking them about their day, following up with open-ended questions, and listening to their responses is a great way to build good communication.

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