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Parenting plays a vital role in shaping the mental health of children. However, this concept is often overlooked by many parents. Taking the context of Indian families, parenting is usually about instigating fear among their children. Although this is aimed at encouraging discipline among the children, the negative repercussions of this technique involve emotional seclusion from the parents. Their relationship gets sour over time, and the children start shutting themselves from being open, fearing being rebuked. The child needs to feel a safe space for opening up where the parents are emotionally available and supportive. This is where the importance of ‘gentle parenting’ surfaces. Children who experience gentle parenting build a healthy relationship with their parents. The relationships foster empathy, respect and most importantly understanding between both parties. Gentle parenting focuses on explaining the ‘why’ behind the suggestions given to their children. This helps them to build self-awareness of their behaviour and process their actions’s consequences. The children feel the mental support in opening up emotionally and trust their parents for help. They feel that their problems and opinions are validated and respected which will help them voice out their emotions. This will encourage them to return the same feeling to their parents.
By connecting positive attitude towards children, usually children’s are very sensitive about the behavior of elders if the parent shows negative response/unpleasant attitude when the child is presenting something or communicating something it’s effects their feelings and emotions which is very bad. Instead communicating with positive attitude allows children’s to express their emotions and feelings, listening while the little ones are talking and giving / expressing your talks with them helps the children to trust and allows them to communicate more effectively and freely.
When children do mistakes don’t get angry instead be patient and tell them that this is not how you do it and correct them with love and kindness, make them to understand that it’s okay to mistakes but not repeat again.
Correcting their mistakes with little talks and educating them on things start here.
Focus on connections, encourage them with small gifts or prizes – giving chocolates, adding stars to their daily activities helps them to grow positively. Recognise their talents and enjoy their small accomplishments, it makes them trust you even more and the feeling flow in healthy way and makes them happier. “Gentle parenting needs patience”. Let children learn slowly and grow slowly, don’t force them into your with comparing with other children/kids. Not every journey is same let them alone understand and grow. Be patient and grateful for what they are doing and encourage them. Living happy is what it matters in life other is the rest. Children need love, care, and support- not judgments. Good parenting takes small amount work with all the love. The rest is happiness.