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- Be a
good parenting role model yourself. If you think your own parenting
skills could be better, read books, take classes to improve.
- Help
your children to understand and talk clearly about their emotions. It will increase their understanding of
themselves and others - including their own children - in the future.
- Give
your child plants or animals to take care of. Guide
them and give them the skills and information they need to do a good job.
- Take
your child to visit friends or family with babies and/or toddlers. Think
ahead about what the babies or toddlers might be likely to do. Talk afterwards about what you and your
child noticed.
- Take
advantage of teachable moments. Every day life gives us plenty of
opportunities to notice what parents do with and say to their
children. Talk about what you
see. Discuss the full-time nature
and responsibility of parenting.
- Try
role play. Reverse roles. Ask, “What would you do if you were the
mommy in this situation.”
- Encourage
positive nurturing in your child
by praising it when you see it.
- Suggest
that older children join in mentoring programs helping younger ones.
- Advise
older children to take child development or human development classes if
available.
- Help
older children to sign up for babysitting classes through SafeSitter or American Red Cross.
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