The first step to develop good parenting skills is simply to believe that you are the best person for the job when it comes to your kids.
If you feel you are not raising your kids to a standard that you are happy with it is NOT because you are a bad mum or dad. It is simply because you have not been taught the necessary skills or given the appropriate information that you need to make the right choices.
Now I wish I could tell you that my little family resembles the Brady Bunch, all cute and perfect, but unfortunately I do not live in a fairytale. We have our great times and our not so great times.
However, I do love to search out information on parenting to learn new ways to deal with those not so great times. I am constantly amazed at how a small change in my attitude or in my actions can make such a big difference.
I want to share with you here all the insights and skills that I have learned over the years to improve the relationship that I have with my son and daughter.
Developing good parenting skills is a never ending job. Once you have a good grasp on how to best work with your two year old, all of a sudden your little angle turns three or worst still a teenager.
The good news is we don’t have to start from scratch every year. The trick to being successful as a mother or father (and anything for that matter) is to adjust to the new circumstances that continually arise as our children grow.
Continue to use the skills that are working, and find new techniques to replace the skills that are now simply out of date.
My vision for this website is that you use it to find the information that you need. You don’t need to read all the articles contained in here, just the ones that are of interest to you. Use the advice, tips and articles that appeals to you to develop the skills that are right for you.
Good Parenting Skills Blog
The Develop-Good-Parenting-Skills-blog keeps you up to date with all the latest post to the Develop-Good-Pareting-Skills.com website.
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Baby Development Stages, What to expect from your 0-2 year olds
Understanding all of the baby development stages is a great way to develop techniques to help your baby learn…helps us to find the right toys and stimulus to provide…set realistic expectations and lim
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Child Development Stages 2-7 year olds
Understanding the different child development stages that our children go through allows us as parent to have greater appreciation and compassion for our children. While simultaneously reducing many
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Articles on Parenting Styles
From the following Articles on Parenting Styles find out which styles is best for you and your child, Authoritative, Authoritarian, Permissive or maybe Attachment
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Authoritarian Parenting and Permissive Parenting Styles
Authoritarian parenting and permissive parenting styles are the polar opposite of each other in regards to the amount control and love the parent gives to the child. Both also place limitations on th
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Parenting Guide
Parenting Guide: Techniques to Develop your Own Personal Parenting Guide
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Parenting Guide Example
A parenting guide example to help you develop your parenting guide
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Law of Attraction Videos
Law of attraction videos are a great why to help in the never ending journey of focusing on creating, enjoying and living our ideal lives… HOWEVER wouldn’t it be even better for you to create your own
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Law of Attraction Relationship
Below I have listed some easy Law of Attraction Relationship tips that can help you to develop great relationships with your partner (or to find one) & with your children
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Emotionally Intelligent Child
The emotionally intelligent child has a distinct edge over his or hers fellow peers in today’s fast pace world. Research has shown that this child will turn into a responsible adult that excels in th
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Goal Setting for Kids
When goal setting for kids we need to make sure they are realistic, achievable and will bring about the desire results. Effective problem solving skills and learning how to control emotions are
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Teaching Listening Skills
Teaching listening skills to our children centers on our own ability to listen. The concept of behaviour modeling is key: if we want our kids to have effective listening skills we need to be great ro
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Communicating Tools: the Hidden Meaning of our Words
Words as one of our communicating tools have tremendous power when used well. They can make our hearts sore with love and fulfillment. Or they can cut us down in an instant making us feel worthless.
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Improving Communication Skills
Improving communication skills evolves around understanding and knowing how to use the many different types of communication skills we have available to us. The way we use our words and the tone of o
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Communicating for Results
Communicating for results for me involves not just getting my children to calm down when anger or overly excited, it is also about accepting and validating their feelings.
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Communicating With Children
Communicating with children can often be a daunting task. Often they seem to be on another planet and in some respects they are. Their cognitive (mental) abilities are not yet fully developed.
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Behaviour Modeling
Behaviour modeling means learning by copying or mimicking behavior that we are exposed to. Children learn values, attitudes, language and how to behave just by watching and listening to those
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Non Verbal Communication Skills Why are they important?
The way we use our non verbal communication skills will often determine if others find us interesting, our message is believable and whether or not our true meaning is actually received by our audienc
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Reading Body Language
Reading body language is a great way to help us develop a connection with our children and open up the lines of communication. By improving on this connection or rapport will help us to gain the trus
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Body Language in Communication
Using body language in communication with our children is a great way to heighten their experiences or even help to calm them down.
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Parenting Resources for Good Parenting Skills
Good parenting skills involves having plenty of parenting resources available to turn to when needed. On this page I want to provide some useful links to websites that I have found while
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Parenting Tips for Parenting Matters
Parenting tips are always useful and can often help to give us much needed options when we are unsure what to do. This section of our website is designed with this in mind.
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Parenting Facts
You will find many summaries on the parenting facts that hold true across any age or gender of your child
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Parenting Teenagers
Parenting Teenagers is a roller coaster of emotions, struggles and at times pure joy.
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Spiritual Parenting
Spiritual Parenting for me is about acknowledging my connection to everyone and everything in this world. By seeing myself as one with the universe I have been able to feel more connected to others a
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Indigo Children - Emerging Trend Or New Age Myth
The idea that the youngest generation of kids is primarily composed of 'Indigo children', a type of spiritual being here for special purposes, has become a popular New Age belief. Proponents claim man
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Helping Kids Cope With Natural Disaster News
As adults we all want our children to live carefree lives and keep them from the pain and even horror of tragedies such as natural disasters. In reality we can't do this.
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Divorce and Children
Divorce and children is a well-researched area...an idea of some of the facts regarding the effects of divorce on children and secondly to give some practical tips and techniques to minimize the emoti
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