Develop Your Own Parenting Style

As soon as you become parents, you are bombarded with advice from all sides. First come your parents and in-laws who tell you that everything that they did when 'you were kids' was the best thing on earth. Then, you have your elder cousins and siblings who tell that 'times have changed' and you need to follow a comprehensive parenting style now. Then come well-meaning friends who tell you what books on parenting are the latest trends.

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In all this confusion and jargon, you are completely at loss as you don't know what should be the ideal parenting style that follow psychology, keeps up with the 'times' and also seems feasible to you. Once simple piece of advice; take all that advice you are getting and throw it in the dustbin. There is no 'ideal' way to bring up your child. So, do not bother about being 'right' or 'wrong'. Parenting, like everything else in the world, is a subjective choice. Here are some simple tips to help you develop your own parenting style.

Don't Repeat Your Parent's Mistakes
We often learn the best from our parents. And in this case, the parenting mistakes that your parents made can be your first lesson in what not to do. When we were kids, the authoritarian parenting style was really 'in'. But in today's world, it just won't work.

Don't Go By The Book
No number of self-help books can help you become a good parent. So, do not try to read books and then become a good parent. No book can tell you what to do 'right' or 'wrong'. You cannot take measured steps when it comes to becoming a parent.

Be Yourself
When you try to change yourself too much in order to be a good parent, then you will never end up being one. The most important thing is to be yourself so that you can fit comfortably into the role of a parent. If you pretend to be someone else, your pretense won't last for long.

Adapt To Child
The most important point is the person who will be at the receiving end of you parenting style; your kid. Every child is unique and you have to respect that. You must adapt your parenting style depending upon how your child is. You choose a style that allows maximum growth for your child.

So, develop your own style of parenting by being original and not following advice from others.