Chapter 10 How To "Actively Parent"

From Successful Marriages and Families:  Hawkins, Dollahite, Draper

Chapter 10:  "Parenting with Love, Limits, and Latitude:"  Hart, Newell and Haupt

"When I would call my mother for advice she verbalized something I would say over and over to myself for many years to come, "Just save the relationship."  I believe those words are the most simple and powerful parenting principles I have ever learned."  Kathleen H. Hinckley

What is Your Parenting Style:

Love

"Every child is entitled to grow up in a home where there is warm and secure companionship, hwere there is love in the family relationship, where appreciation one for another is taught and exemplified, and where God is acknowledged and His peace and blessings invoked before the family altar."  G. B. Hinckley

Limits

"Finding ways to effectively help children learn how to regulate their own behavior in noncoercive ways is one of the most challenging parts of authoritative parenting."  (p109)

Latitude

"Children benefit from being given choices and appropriate levels of latitude to make their own decisions in a variety of domains." (p112)



Take a quiz on parenting styles.

http://www.activeparenting.com/Parents-Parenting_Style_Quiz


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