What is the purpose of parenting?
To let children gain mortal bodies and teach them how to return to Heavenly Father.
1. Help them know how to become more like Heavenly Father.
2. Give children preparatory experiences.
3. Learn to love.
4. Teach values of right and wrong.
5. Teach social skills and psychological skills.
Why do couples have and/or want children?
1. It brings much happiness and love.
2. Natural urges to have someone to care for.
3. It is a lifestyle that some people have grown up with and have always had in mind of something they want to do.
4. To have the name of the father/family carried on.
5. For status in the community.
6. Religious beliefs.
On a boat the ballast is what provides the foundation and balance so the boat does not tip over. In parenting there are ballast characteristics that provide a foundation for parenting. There are 5.
1. Character
2. Courage - from your heart
3. Responsibility - Willing to respond and know that choices have consequences whether good or bad.
4. Cooperation - to operate means to work. Co means with somebody else.
5. Respect - to hold in esteem
There are three types of parenting styles: Authoritarian(Bossy), Permissive(Pushover), and Authoritative(active parents). The last one is what we are striving for.
When a problem comes up in the home between the parent and child, someone "owns" the problem. The person who owns it is the person who has a need or want that isn't being fulfilled. The child and parent need to share support. The parent can use a polite request, an "I" message, a firm reminder, or logical consequences. The child should be coached by parents, have natural consequences, and encouragement (strengthen heart and catch kids in their good efforts). The parents need to be careful about natural consequences because sometimes it can be too dangerous, be too far into the future, or someone else is affected.
To let children gain mortal bodies and teach them how to return to Heavenly Father.
1. Help them know how to become more like Heavenly Father.
2. Give children preparatory experiences.
3. Learn to love.
4. Teach values of right and wrong.
5. Teach social skills and psychological skills.
Why do couples have and/or want children?
1. It brings much happiness and love.
2. Natural urges to have someone to care for.
3. It is a lifestyle that some people have grown up with and have always had in mind of something they want to do.
4. To have the name of the father/family carried on.
5. For status in the community.
6. Religious beliefs.
On a boat the ballast is what provides the foundation and balance so the boat does not tip over. In parenting there are ballast characteristics that provide a foundation for parenting. There are 5.
1. Character
2. Courage - from your heart
3. Responsibility - Willing to respond and know that choices have consequences whether good or bad.
4. Cooperation - to operate means to work. Co means with somebody else.
5. Respect - to hold in esteem
There are three types of parenting styles: Authoritarian(Bossy), Permissive(Pushover), and Authoritative(active parents). The last one is what we are striving for.
When a problem comes up in the home between the parent and child, someone "owns" the problem. The person who owns it is the person who has a need or want that isn't being fulfilled. The child and parent need to share support. The parent can use a polite request, an "I" message, a firm reminder, or logical consequences. The child should be coached by parents, have natural consequences, and encouragement (strengthen heart and catch kids in their good efforts). The parents need to be careful about natural consequences because sometimes it can be too dangerous, be too far into the future, or someone else is affected.
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