PRACTICAL PARENTING

 

As parents, we need to be practical in the training of our children. 

There is one thing we are guilty of as parents: we make a lot of threat that we do not carry out. We speak words like 'If you do that again I will discipline you'. The child does it again but we do nothing. We say 'If you don't change that habit, I will deal with you', child continues with the habit and we still give out more threats.

These kids are quite smart and mentally alert, they begin to realize that you are all barks and no bites: all you do is threaten them without carrying out your threats. They may not change because all you do is give out empty threats.

They may even begin to think to themselves or say among one another: "All mum/dad does is give threats and nothing more, I will do it/I will not do it and nothing will happen." 

I once read about a parent who had repeatedly reprimanded the child about not safeguarding his school bag but the child didn't change. So, when he lost his bag again, she gave him bagco bag (cement bag). Funny, but that is practical parenting right there.

Don't train your children with theories and theories and no practical. Always back up your corrections and trainings with practicals. Imagine a school where students are being thought with only theories and no practical. You, just imagine what the outcome will be. 

The students thought with the combination of practicals and theories will always end up better. The same thing applies to parenting as well. 

So which one will you uphold from now on, PRACTICAL PARENTING OR EMPTY-THREAT PARENTING?

Written by Elizabeth Oduwaiye  

--Touching the world POSITIVELY; one person at a time. 

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