Being a Power Parent directly results in raising Happy Children.
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Apply these 5 how-to Strategies and boost your Power Parenting Skills now.
Do you also want to be a power parent raising happy kids? Of course, you do! We all do! As parents, we can all take actionable steps to learn to be a power parent. In doing so, we will be awesome parents who always give our kids the best we can, without fear of burn-out. But how do we that? By implementing the easy POWER acronym strategies.
The Power Parenting approach ensures optimal use of good parenting skills to comfortably nurture joyful and confident kids. Understanding and practicing these power parent strategies will relieve a lot of the everyday parenting stresses. Ultimately, allowing yourself and your kids to be happy and healthy.
Now, let’s discuss each of the 5 power parent strategies and discover ways to implement them effectively in our everyday lives.
Power Parent Strategy 1
To share is to make joint use of something, or to partake in contributing to something, by a number of people. Whereas, Power is the striking ability to do or act.
Therefore, parenting power share can be defined as the marked ability to partake in daily activities, with decisive contribution from both parents and children.
In our day-to-day lives, sharing power with our kids will results in them actively partaking in happenings and decisions. By allowing kids to make their own decisions from a young age on, they learn to be decisive and grow confident in their choices.
Of course, along with actions come responsibilities. A lesson they need to learn early on. By allowing power-sharing, power parents support their kids in acquiring the ability to be accountable for their actions.
For example, providing the opportunity for your kids to decide what they want to wear. Or, how they want to spend their pocket money – It teaches independence. They will learn that refusing to wear rain boots on a rainy day, results in icky, wet feet. This discomfort will be way more effective in convincing them to make a better decision on the next rainy day. Way more so than you yelling at them to not go out without wearing their rain boots …
Teaching kids by means of consequence experience is a very valuable power parenting method.
Thus, start today to power share with your kids and watch them grow into responsible teens who understand that their actions always have consequences. The knowledge that good choices lead to good results often makes hard decision making a little easier. You can find more great tips on how to be an awesome parent in this strategy here.
Power Parent Strategy 2
As parents, a lot of us are guilty of taking over an action rather than coaching our kids to do it themselves. It saves us time and effort hanging up a used towel. Rather than trying to get your child back in the bathroom and showing him AGAIN how to do it.
But, this is, unfortunately, the wrong way to go about getting things done at home if you want to be a power parent. The next time he will surely leave the towel on the floor again… Knowing that you will be picking it up behind him.
Leaving the towel on the floor rather will be a more effective strategy than hanging it out yourself. Finding a wet towel on the floor to use the next day, will definitely make him think twice about hanging it up. But, chances are he might leave it on the floor again soon…
So how does a power parent then handle this situation?
By offering support!
And, by not being a helicopter parent! Ask your child to hang the towel up, showing him how, again… and discuss the reasons for doing so. And then, walk away trusting them to get it done without you hovering over them!
Understanding the reasons for a simple request as well as the consequences if not adhered to, will assist your child in making smarter decisions.
Allowing them to complete a task without you waiting around to make sure it gets done, instills trust. Without trust, any parent-child relationship is set on a crash course.
More examples are; when your child is not able to close his jacket zipper, teach him how, rather than pulling it up yourself. Quickly helping your child eat is much easier than teaching him how to hold his fork properly. But unfortunately, this will not teach him the must needed new skill.
Resist the urge to complete tasks for them for saving your own sanity.
Take the extra time, discuss the actions and get them involved. And then, trust them to do it!
Offering support rather than taking over is an action we all have to pay special attention to.
We complete tasks without even realizing it. My husband is so good at offering support. Watching him coach the kids to learn new skills made me realize the value of this small effort. But like most moms, getting things done quicker used to be of more value to me. This was until I saw my kids displaying new skills. Skills they did not learn from me but from my husband’s patient support offering.
Keep an eye out and find opportunities to offer support to your kids rather than taking over their tasks. Allow them to learn from their own mistakes and thus thrive as assertive kids. Knowing how to successfully educate your child every day will assist you further in offering much-needed support.
Power Parent Strategy 3
Kids are great at doing small jobs around the house. They can unpack the dishwasher and fold their clean clothes. Teach them from young to help and make sure they know how much this means to you. They will quickly learn that by doing a 5-minute job they not only make you happy but also gain an extra 5 minutes of your attention.
The value of welcoming effort lies not within the perfection of performance, but in the effort itself.
Willingness to help is way more valuable than the perfect ability to do things without the enthusiasm to volunteer contribution.
The action of welcoming effort rather than performance originates from creative freedom. Allow your child the autonomy to express their own thoughts and feelings. For example, never do crafts with a first prize result in mind. And, refrain from subduing creative minds by enforcing reality. Allow kids to express themselves, enjoy and discover the power of their own imagination.
Is their way of folding a towel really that ineffective simply because it is different to your way?
Power Parent Strategy 4
Good parent-child communication can be challenging at times, but it is very important. It impacts positively on our family life when effective. It benefits every other social interaction our children will have, be it with friends or the teacher at the school.
A child, and even more so, an adult who does not have the skills to listen and communicate effectively will never be able to stand his ground. Nor would he be able to thrive in our communication driven world. A world filled with public speaking, social media, and complex relationships.
By acquiring effective communication skills from us, our children grow confidence in speaking about their ideas and feelings, no matter the situation. They will also appreciate the importance of listening when others are speaking and respect different views and opinions.
Check out the six building blocks to stress-free parent-child communication. Incorporate them into your family life today and let conversation time be something you and your children cherish.
Power Parent Strategy 5
Strengthen family bonds by creating missions together. Working together will take your relationship to the next level and develop skills for better parent-child communication.
Encourage your child to choose a project and schedule a fixed time to share and complete this mission. Make sure the time slot is blocked out in your calendar! You can find some great examples of family missions here.
Spending quality time together as a family is a fundamental start to strengthen ties.
Begin today and find some inspiration to transform your family holidays into a Happy Family Tradition. Make sure to create at least one new family tradition every year for Easter, Christmas, birthdays or special family days. It will become a highlight that your kids look forward to and cherish. In all likelihood, they will continue with these traditions one day with their own families. So make sure to establish great traditions and leave a legacy to be proud of.
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These 5 simple how-to be a power parent strategies are easy to incorporate into your daily lives. Start implementing it today and feel more confident as an awesome parent. Amazingly, you will also see the difference in your kids.
Be ready to have happy and healthy kids who are responsible, self-confident and helpful. Kids who are able to communicate effectively and cherish strong family bonds and traditions. Wow! As a parent, can you wish for anything more than this?
These 5 how-to strategies are the starting point to become a power parent. And, there is, even more, we can do to be an awesome parent. The best way to discover workable actions is by simply being a parent and learning from our struggles and mistakes.
There is no better teacher than day-to-day experience. So, share your own power parenting tips and skills in the comments below and help us all excel as a power parent.
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