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Smart Parenting: Raising Happy and Responsible Children in the 21st Century e-Book

Attention: All full-pledged, would-be, and aspiring parents who want to give only the best for their children!

"Who Else Wants to Become the World's Greatest Mom or Dad Without Putting Yourself to Wit's End in Raising Highly Successful Children?"

There is not a perfect parent in the world, but you can surely be the best parent your children can ever have. How will you do that? You must:

ü      Comprehend what moves children’s sentiment.

ü      Anticipate their every tantrum.

ü      Appreciate them as wonderful gifts and blessings.

ü      Understand what your kids need or like.

ü      Address all their challenges and emotions.

Surely, being an exceptionally learned parent is a vital responsibility in building a stable family. However, what you may not know is:

“Being a parent can both be fun and easy!”

Dear Smart Parent, 

Becoming an effective parent is a big task. Parents are expected to be fair, just, and always right. They are supposed to be caring and loving at all times. Moreover, it is always assumed that any parent would put their kids’ welfare over their own, whatever the cost.

While it is true that new parents would suddenly develop a fatherly or motherly instinct right after the birth of their first child, it is not always right to let everything rely purely on instincts alone. There is such a thing as smart parenting, and it is supposed to be understood and internalized.

“Your children's needs changes over time.”

Do not assume for a moment that your first-born’s needs are the same as your third or fourth child. Consider their age gap; and then try to analyze the things that kids used to do then and what things influence the children of today. You will then understand that effective parenting is an ongoing learning process. And parents can learn a lot from their kids, too.

“You have to become a smart parent!”

Know the exact ways that any responsible parent would do in every given situation. Mold your children in a very precise but loving way towards the path they should take – the one that is right and good.

Then you can say that you have successfully played your part as a parent!

All children need encouragement and praise as they grow up. It makes them strive to do things better the next time around. It also shows them that what they do is being appreciated and admired by the very people who matter most to them – the parents!

Discipline must be carried out. It is a trait so important that it should be the cornerstone of parenthood. In fact, the hardest part of being a parent is that you must carry out discipline as you relay love and affection. Indeed, being a parent requires some skills!

“No doubt that clueless parents stop at nothing to become better at their missions!”

Because your children's future is in your hands, you should do everything under your power to give them only the best in the world. This does not only relate to material things. Values, virtues, knowledge, and principles have to be inculcated and taught to your children considerably.

And because the crucial job of parents is highly acknowledged, a report was prepared with the sole intention of teaching every aspiring parent on how to raise children the smart and effective way, so that these kids would have better chances of having a happy and successful future.

SMART PARENTING: Raising Happy And Responsible Children in the 21st Century is a must-read for all parents who want to raise success-bound kids.

This report is designed for parents of the new century. It is packed with all the necessary information that parents of today will surely need. It is updated with the current ideas and studies that pertain to parenting and child psychology.

This exciting report will bring out the best parent in you. It also tackles children’s behavior from a psychological viewpoint. This will enable you to understand your children more and know why they engage in the things that they do.

SMART PARENTING: Raising Happy And Responsible Children in the 21st Century will teach readers:

P      What the children of the 21^st century are like in general.

P      How to increase your chances of raising highly successful kids.

P      What encouragement, praises, and positive reinforcement do to children.

P      The things a parent should avoid so as not to spoil their kids.

P      How children can be subjected to unnecessary pressure by demanding parents.

P      The negative effects of unreasonable demands by parents to their children.

P      How to know if you are a demanding parent.

P      How to teach the value of obedience, sincerity, order, and justice to kids.

P      The best way to talk to your children.

P      How to build your children's self-esteem.

P      How to form values in your kids and instill good behavior in them.

P      Why the time for play and recreation is important for children’s growing years.

P      How simple acts of affection create positive responses from children.

P      The magic of touch and hugging.

P      Why parenting is such a challenge.

And a whole lot more!

In SMART PARENTING: Raising Happy And Responsible Children in the 21st Century, you will enjoy and cherish being a parent, no matter how challenging the task may seem.

This report will clearly show you the step-by-step process of converting yourself into the greatest parent you can be to your kids. It will transform the taxing job of being a parent into a whole new ballgame. Raising kids will go from challenging and straining, to becoming fun and exciting!

“You’ll become so likeable that your kid's friends might wish you were their parent too!”

There’s no need for any trial and error stages with your children. You can’t afford to do that! With this report, you’ll be a knowledgeable parent even before any of your kids are born!

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Sincerely,  

Cheryl Levesque

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Parenting Fumbles: Expecting Too Much From Our Kids

We were all raised imperfectly and we will most definitely raise our children imperfectly, as well. Our imperfections come with the territory and we can ill afford to be obsessed about them. A parenting expert once quoted the French philosopher, Voltaire, "The best is the enemy of the good." By that, it is assumed that he meant that we can be so focused on getting things perfect that we don't get things right.

Whatever we do, it need not be 'perfect'. We can never be perfect, but we do have to give our best effort or even any effort at all. Some parents are sterling role models, whose children just stand out in behavior, bearing, confidence, attitude, politeness, you name it. But when we really look into the matter, we all know this is too good to be true.

Our expectations from our children can make all the difference in their upbringing. If they see that we only care for low quality output, that is what they will deliver. It's human nature. We adjust effort to expectations in our place of work. If the expectations are set low, then our effort and output are low, too.

A more important issue here is school and studies. We can also go the other extreme and say that school is all that matters, that grades are all that matter. Some children have even gone to the thinking that their parents' love for them is dependent on how high their grades are.

Grades are numbers or letters that we use to keep score. They are, at best, indicators of something – maybe success, intelligence, effort, virtue, character, etc. Maybe they are like the other positive numbers in our life – assets, salary, ratios, stock portfolios, ROI, etc. They probably mean something, but, ultimately, they are numbers and things.

So when we tell our kids that we expect them to do well in their studies, we tell them the limits of grades. Grades are not everything, but they are not meaningless. We also set them up for success. We do not simply set expectations, then sit back and wait for them to deliver the goods. We have to equip them, support them, mentor them, and monitor them.

There are parents who do not want their children to have a tough life the way they did. This usually comes from parents who made something of themselves against all odds, especially a desperately poor background. The stories are real: walking to school and skipping meals because of lack of money, stretching what little they had and skimping on everything, making the best of a sub-quality education, which were all their parents could afford.

These parents lived what American writer William Faulkner spoke of when he said that the poor know the joy and despair of a penny found and a penny lost. They had no nest egg from their parents to start with upon graduation. They fixed their sights on what they could do rather than wallow in self-pity or embarrassment.

Parents in this predicament have lost sight of how hardship shaped their lives for the better and taught them to be tough, resilient, resourceful, hardworking, and demanding on themselves. The desire to spare their kids the bitterness is understandable, but misdirected.

These lessons packaged well can make a real mark on their children's values. We all know the value of story-telling, but we can get carried away and sound boastful or we may give the impression that the lesson is a cudgel we bear to pummel our kids with on cue.

It is never too early to think about our children's future. Good parents are aware that they are raising children to be adults. We have to keep our eyes on the target and not be distracted by noise nor by our own shortcomings.

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Raising Kids: Controlling Tantrums and Hostile Aggression

Aggression is a behavior that results in physical or mental injury to people or animals, or in the destruction of property. It is different from assertion. Assertion is an act of self-defense. It protects someone from becoming a victim of other people's aggressive behavior. Assertiveness is an important indication of developmental progress, as it reflects a child's capabilities and sense of independence.

Aggression is often learned at an early age through "social reinforcing" or role modeling. Babies study the expressions of others to learn how to act. From birth, babies already feel pleasure, distress, and even fear. By the age of 3 months, they are capable of recognizing expressions of joy and sadness. Babies 6 to 12 months old can slowly show signs of hostile aggression by biting, wailing, and even slapping.

From 12 to 18 months old, children are continuously experimenting and picking up emotional cues from their parents, caregivers, and peers. Their emotional-internal response goes through tests and fine-tuning, as they determine which response or action fits a situation. By age 2, kids can express emotions like empathy and shame. Hostile aggression appears as tantrums, and happen when they fail to communicate their emotions.

Pre-schoolers, on the other hand, manifest aggression through hitting or saying threatening words. According to experts, when children turn to aggression, it doesn't mean they're bad. It's just an indication that there is something they can't express. Something is causing them internal pain. Parents should try to understand what is going on in their child's life. There is a huge responsibility to understand the developmental stage of childhood.

To deal with kids' aggressive behavior, parents can try to:

-         Soothe them. Most children calm down and feel better when they are held. Sometimes a loving touch is all they need.

-         Amuse or surprise them. Provide kids with diversions that are sure to keep their mind away from unruly behavior. Using non-sarcastic humor or doing the unexpected can defuse an explosive situation. Giving kids something to occupy their minds turns negative attention into something positive.

-         Take time out. You can employ this as a way to remove your child from the situation and cool him or her down. And this applies to you, too. Don't forget to explain the reason for the time-out, but do this in a tone that is firm but mild.

-         Intervene and teach empathy. Empathy is taught when you put them in a situation that makes them feel what others are feeling. Discuss with them the consequences of hurting others: what happens if they use aggression, and what ways there are other than violence.

-         Ignore. Don't enforce aggressive behavior on kids by giving a child more attention. Underplay bad behavior as much as possible. Stick by your decision and don't easily give in to their plea for attention.

As parents, therefore, we should keep the following in mind at all times.

-         Be a model of good behavior.

-         Giving in to your children's demands tells them that tantrums bring desired results.

-         Don't allow your embarrassment to weaken your better judgment.

-         Reassess all factors that may stir up a tantrum. See if you can do something to help them settle down before they totally blow up.

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Raising Kids: Taming the Bully

How often do children get bullied by other kids? It is hard to pinpoint a bullying incident at pre-school level. But oftentimes, it happens, though not as violently or intentionally inflicted as the ones at school age. It can be pushing a classmate to get in front of the line, getting a seat, or eating someone else's snack.

Pre-schoolers, naïve as they are, don't know that what they're doing is wrong. Based on educator Jean Piaget's theory of Cognitive Development, children ages 0 to 2 years old are in the Sensorimotor Period. In this phase, children are egocentric – everything is "I" based: "This is my ball." Or, "that chair is mine." Thus, meeting other children for the first time is a challenge for them, as well as learning big words: "Share" and "Wait".

Response of Parents

Both the parents' and educators' active participation in preventing or solving bullying incidents is essential.

An educator must immediately reprimand a child when he/she is bullying a classmate. Small bullies might grow up to be big bullies and not correcting the child's attitude will greatly affect how he or she will handle his or her interaction with peers as grown-ups. It is also helpful to tell stories about getting along with classmates and the importance of friends.

Isolating the baby bully is not an option. If the bully must learn how to properly interact with his or her classmates, the others kids must also learn how to deal with him or her.

Correct Your Child

If your child is a bully or shows some bully attitudes, he or she must be corrected as soon as possible. Mommy and Daddy must get the whole story and explain that what the kid did was wrong. Also, ask why he or she did such a thing.

Active parenting and close coordination with the teachers are the best ways to handle the incident. Spending quality time with your child provides a sense of security and helps him or her cope with the stress of going to school and being with other children. Pre-school is a new world for your child and being out there all alone will definitely be a shock.

Some bullying incidents would be very trivial to an adult's eyes – what's the big deal with grabbing and eating somebody else's food, or laughing at other children's mistakes? These seem to be petty and, well, they’re just kids. Grabbing someone else's snack today may turn into a bank robbery in the future; or laughing now may be a character attack when he or she is of adult age.

Correcting small problems at age three would definitely prevent humongous troubles in mid-life. A parent must not panic if a child behaves so. It can still be controlled. Helping their children deal with this now would be a favor if they do it for themselves. If a parent does not correct a toddler, there is no way he or she can help his or her delinquent juvenile as an adolescent.

Hope For Parents

Parents and teachers must work together to help kids who bully other children. They must definitely be present to assist and guide their kids to be good and kind-hearted individuals. It is wrong to pass on the responsibility of taking care of your children to caregivers and teachers. They can only do so much to help – the kids are yours, not theirs.

Bullying is just one of the things a child must learn to deal with. Trying to solve this problem alone is a big task for your child. A toddler's job is just to play and learn as much as he or she can. Other forms of stress like bullying and taking care of themselves are too much to ask of a child. Being there for him or her, therefore, is a must.

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Raising Kids: Teaching Children to Share

The home is a child's first school. Children first learn to share by observing how their parents act. The environment where they grow up is a huge factor in determining how familiar they will be with situations that involve sharing.

Eventually, when children enter the big school, they are faced with more experiences of sharing. They realize that even though the teacher's attention has to be shared with so many other kids, the teacher sees to it that all the children still get their fair share of attention. The young mind begins to see that teaching itself is an act of sharing.

How is sharing taught in school?

This value can be formally and directly incorporated in the lessons. It could appear in stories, math problems, or language exercises. Also, it may or may not be openly discussed, depending on time constraints. This value can also be learned from an actual school situation. Through verbal and non-verbal affirmations from the teacher, sharing can be shown as a valuable trait to possess.

Being highly visual learners, young children respond to a warm smile or an approving appreciative look. Sensitive and resourceful teachers know that learning is maximized when one knows how to utilize fully those opportune moments for teaching. Sometimes, when a child forgets to bring food for recess, the teacher would ask, "Who brought extra food? Would you like to share it with your classmate?" Some children offer, some don't. But even if they don't, they watch and they learn.

A child should never be forced to share. One is invited to. One is simply shown the joy that another feels because he or she shared. When a child shares a material possession, be it food, paper, or books, a transformation occurs: by going out of oneself, one discovers the self.

How does one guide the child to find the right balance between sharing and oversharing?

-         Explain in simple terms what sharing means: "the owner granting to another partial use, enjoyment, or possession of something."

-         Be observant of situations where it is the same child who shares – or borrows – all the time. Speak to the child about it. Find out if there is an underlying reason behind it.

-         Explain to the child that there are times when constant sharing with the same person will not help that person. Instead of preparing his school things as he should, that person can end up depending on the one who always shares.

-         Assure children that it is all right to say "no". Say "yes" if you want to say "yes", and "no" if you want to say "no". True sharing is an act done not because you fear someone, or you want to impress someone, but because you feel happy doing it.

-         The food they bring to school has been prepared for them. If they have extra, they can share. They should not end up going hungry because they "shared".

When teaching a child to share in school, we increase our level of effectiveness if we take the time to know the child well. This will help us respect the child's personal rhythm, thus allowing the child to maximize his or her potential to the fullest – so that he or she may one day share more with others.

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