Parents all typically want the same things for their children – to learn, have friends, be happy, be obedient, and grow up to be happy, productive, and successful adults. Still, many parents – though they have their children’s best interest in mind – lack the essential skills and information to optimally help their children attain these. Since children are not born with a owner’s manual, most parenting practices reflect the type of experiences we had with our own parents or caretakers. It is essential that we assume the responsibility of providing our children with the skills, knowledge, and discipline necessary for them to be successful as adults.
PARENT / CHILD RELATIONSHIP
- Become more aware of a child’s basic dependency needs for acceptance, support, guidance, and affection.
- Become more effective in addressing your child’s needs so they development a sense of self-worth, self-competency, and ability to make healthy decisions for themselves.
- Help your child development adaptive communication skills so they can advocate for themselves, negotiate with others, resolve conflicts, and form healthy relationships.
- Become more effective in shaping your child into the type of person you want them to be through systematic rewarding of desired behaviors and appropriately punishing undesirable behaviors.
