Helping A Child- The Way Good Parents Should

Parents need to look within to see how they can be model parents and provide a healthy environment for proper mental, emotional and physical growth of their children. Focussing on this basic issue, this book holds a mirror to parents, and shows how they can excel in the art of parenting. However over protection or restrictiveness can spoil a child; permissiveness or indulgence can make him anti-social, rejection can work on his personality as to why he takes to lying, stealing or mud-eating.

The book is a total guide on the subject covering topics from effects of disturbed parenthood, role of right communication, common childhood behaviourial disorders like stuttering, bed-wetting, nail biting to behaviour improvement techniques, skills creativity and helping in setting and achieving of goal- and finally a complete section on looking after handicapped children.

Hari Datt is the founder of Peace of Mind Mission situated at New Delhi. He is a retired senior teacher. He underwent training in Special Education from England under Technical Co-operation Award. He won many awards in the field of Special Education. He conducts seminars on Peace Of Mind as well as on Yoga, Vedanta, Kundalini, Upanishads, Mystic explanation of the Ramayana, Mahabharata and Devi Mahatam, etc.

Raising well-balanced children is an art. The sincerity of parents in discharging their responsibility towards their children will reflect in the development of the latter. Proper upbringing demands active effort, concern, sensitivity, skills, understanding and empathy on the part of parents. Children are always dependent on their caretakers to look after their physical, mental and emotional needs. Which is why, a child is a reflection of the parents' behaviour.

It is impossible to write a perfect prescription to mould ourselves into caring and successful parents. However, there are some guidelines that parents may find quite useful. One must note that there are many variations in parents, as there are in children. Furthermore, when we talk of parents and couples, we are not dealing only with two people but also with the net result of their interaction with each other. Also, remember that there are some prerequisites for effective parenting, just as there are for most tasks.

Through discipline, guidance and encouragement, parents provide opportunities for the healthy exploration of natural surroundings by the child. They foster curiosity in their children to help them realise their full potential. Children who are deprived of such opportunities tend to fear the unknown and the future.

Parents must encourage children to express their true feelings. Successful parents imbue their family with a sense of belonging and provide opportunities for democratic planning and social action.

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