Tips and Tools from Forty Carrots Family Center
Ten Terrific Parenting Tools
1. Play with your kids; it makes them smarter.
2. No matter how hectic your schedule, make time for family dinner and conversation.
3. Listening is fundamental to building relationships. First listen, then talk.
4. Lose the word okay when telling kids what you expect; ending with "Okay?" suggests compliance is optional.
5. Show your child you care; kids feel safer and more secure when you set limits with love.
6. Limit behaviors, not feelings.
7. Give choices to minimize power struggles and maximize cooperation.
8. Say yes as often as you can. When you say no...mean it.
9. Motivate children by recognizing their efforts more than their accomplishments.
10. Good parenting lasts forever. Take a class with Forty Carrots for on-the-job training.
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I sympathize with parents who feel pulled in opposite directions between wanting their little ones to play during their early years and wanting them to be academically prepared for kindergarten.
