PARENTING TEENS TIPS

There is no universal formula for parenting teenage children. To perform the duties of parenthood well, parents must put in efforts at understanding your teenage children more clearly. The understanding of your teenage children’s mind should not be left entirely in the hands of specialist, it concerns the parents. Parenting teenage children will be a happier task if parents put in more efforts to understand the workings of your teenagers’ mind.

It is better to let your children be alone than in bad company. Evil communications corrupt good manners and habits. Go with mean people, and you think life is mean. There is always hope for parents who takes any real interest in self-improvement. You are never too old to “turn over a new leaf” and begin a new record! Parenting is a lifelong process; parents must change and grow to meet the needs of their children.
Have A Blessed Day!

Hi Folks,

The Hand That Rocks The Cradle Rules The World! To be a successful parent is greater than to be anything. Parenting cannot be Outsourced. All parents must take responsibility and prides in bringing up your children. Your children are priceless!

Here are some parenting quotes which parents may be inspired.

1) Always kiss your children goodnight - even if they’re already asleep. -H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

2) A mother understands what a child does not say - Jewish Proverb

3) Stop trying to perfect your child, but keep trying to perfect your relationship with him - Dr. Henke

4) Your children need your presence more than your presents. -Jesse Jackson

5) Don’t worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you. Robert Fulghum

6) If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders. -Abigail Van Buren

7) If there is anything that we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves. -C.G. Jung, Integration of the Personality.

Children are natural mimics who act like their parents despite every effort to teach them good manners. -Author Unknown

MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Parenting Teenagers- How to build up your children’s self-confidence.
It is important for you as a parent to have confidence in your children. When you show confidence in your children, your children feel good about themselves. When your children feel good about themselves,they will also feel good about others. As such, they are happier with their social life.
Teenage Children with self-confidence are more motivated in learning new skill. Children with self-confidence are more willing to take responsibility, and they are more capable in handling challenges of life. It is the duty of a parent to give clear support to your children on the behavior that you value. Parents must think carefully and avoid making hurtful comments

Parents should never do for your children what they can do for themselves.
A study by Harvard University found that children who frequently did housework developed better social skills as they grew up, and compare to children who did not grow up doing housework, were 4 times more likely to get a job, and 15 times less likely to lose their jobs. This is because housework trains a child to analyze, predict, choose, decide and take on responsibilities, hence building an all-rounded character.

Parenting is a process; parents have to change gradually, and grow to meet the needs of your children. Some parents find it difficult to learn new ways. As parents; you will influence your children’s behavior, and your children will also affect you.
Parents must understand that your children are not born knowing how to be excellent adults, but that your children must be taught. Parents have a great responsibility when it comes to parenting; much more than many of us realize today.
It is the duty of parents to value, care and love your children. Please do your best to make your home a warm, loving and positive place..

Parenting Teenage Children - build up their self-confidence.

When you have confidence in your children, your children will feel good about themselves, and they will gain self-confidence. Children who feel good about themselves generally feel good about others ,and are easy to be with. They are interested in learning new skills and are better able to handle the challenges of life.
A study by Harvard University found that children who frequently did housework developed better social skills as they grew up, and compared to people who did not grow up doing housework, were four times more likely to get a job, and 15 times less likely to lose their jobs. This is because housework trains a child to analyze, predict, choose, decide and take on responsibilities, hence building an all-rounded character.
Clearly, our children should do more housework, so that they can learn to be independent and decisive.

The goal of Feng Shui is to find correlations between human and the universe. Energy is a life force which plays an essential role in Feng Shui. Good Feng Shui is actually very simple; keep your place clean and free of clutter. Take advantage of vital energy by appropriate sitting and sleeping direction. Sleep before 11.00pm, have regular exercise so that your self energy is strong and you will be able to receive good energy to enhance your good luck in everything! Do not fall into the New Age Feng Shui SCAM with arrays of metaphysical products …and paying hefty sums of money for unnecessary renovation!

How to build your child’s confidence & self esteem?
1) Parents should express their true gratitude and appreciation towards their children effort irrespective of the outcome.
2) Do not show your anger or disappointments too quickly when your children make certain mistakes.
3) Your children need your consistent encouragement and praise.
4) Do not always do things for your children. Let your children do it themselves so that they can feel that they’re capable. .
5) Spend more time to explain to your children so that they understand the reason of having to do something.

Feng Shui Tips for Children – Feng Shui is a skill that comes with practice. It is not mysterious and anyone can learn it. The basis of Feng Shui is that the universe is made up of positive and negative energy. Good Feng Shui ensures that your children live in the realm of positive energy, and is thus healthy, loved, successful and lucky. These are the same traits that all parents hope to see in their children. A child’s sleeping and sitting directions and the direction of her room’s doors will affect her health, behavior an studies. A child’s room should be kept neat because cutter disrupts the flow of energy and creates a sense of confusion. It is important that your child learn to maintain a clean and neat room.

“Do not struggle. Go with the flow of things, and you will find yourself at one with the mysterious unity of the universe” - Chuang Tzu, Chinese philosopher

Hi Parent

Parenting teenage children: We all remember some of the punishments of our own childhood. How unjust they seemed, and how outraged we felt! Punishment undoubtedly has a place in parenting teenage children, but only a NEGATIVE place. Punishment does not make teenager children good. If teenager children are punished frequently, it may even make them bad. As suggested by veteran novelist, William Dean Howells, parents have clung to the wisdom of Solomon, in this respect, through centuries of changing conditions. Solomon said: “Spare the rod and spoil the child”; Mr. Howells suggests that we might with profit spoil the rod and spare the child. Love and patience are the secret of parenting teenagers. Have A Blessed Day!