Good Parenting is Tough: But Here is How Parents can Thrive

People often ask: What is good parenting? Being a perfect parent does not define great parenting. One needs to understand, you need to be present, responsive, and be aware of your child’s needs. Not following rules and milestones has to be hit to become a good parent. It is achieved by building trust, having open communication, emotional support, and understanding the uniqueness of your child.

At its core, parenting is building a strong, long term relationship with your child. It is like showing up consistently with guidance, love, and warmth. Children do well when they feel safe and understood. This does not prove being right all the time, so building loving relationships over time is important.

Some children like freedom to explore and try things according to them, while others like clear structured rules. By understanding the needs and traits of the child can help you to connect deeply with them. 

Taking the time to really know your child helps build respect, and trust that lasts.

What Is Your Type of Parenting?

Authoritarian Parenting	Authoritative Parenting	Permissive Parenting	Uninvolved Parenting
One way of communication is used by parents	Parents nurture their child by staying close	Parents have warm, welcoming, and understanding nature	Parents usually give their child a lot of freedom. They don’t get much involved
Parents make strict set of rules that kids need to adhere to	If rules set, they explain the reason behind it and why it is important for the kid to follow	If they set rules, they are very few and with it they keep open communication, allowing their child explore by themselves	No rules, nothing. They usually just look after their kids’ basic needs like food and shelter
Mistakes made by a child often leads to punishments	Instead of punishment, they guide their child to learn from mistakes made	They do not set lots of rules, so use of disciplinary actions is rare	They don't have any set of rules, no clear rules to maintain discipline
Parents have high expectations with limited flexibility	Parents have open communication about what are the child’s goal and expectations	More than acting as a parent, they act as a friend	They are emotionally distant from their child, with not much sense of responsibilities

Does Good Parenting Make a Good Human?

Absolutely yes, children are ready to grow, learn, and connect with others. With correct guidance, and strong support, they can become kind, confident, and a capable human. Good parenting is to bring the best version of your child and not change who they are. 

Observation and learning is what a child starts with from an early stage. They observe how adults around them behave, work, and talk. Children learn not only from a set of rules, but mostly from how adults handle their own emotions and failures. Parents need to express their feelings in a healthy manner because the child observes and learns ways to manage their own behaviour.  When they see kindness and respect, they learn to treat others in a similar way. In the same way, when they see anger and hatred, they learn that too.  

Give your child a space to feel that their home is the safest place, where they can explore, try, and fail without being judged. This helps them grow into strong adults who are not afraid to face challenges and not the ones who try finding ways to escape. 

Step back when necessary, so they can make decisions, solve problems, learn from their own mistakes, and develop critical thinking skills.

Why Positive Parenting Is Important

Positive parenting is when you guide and support your child to keep check on their behaviour. It is an approach that focuses on encouragement and on embedding valuable skills. Rather than punishing, setting up examples can help them learn life lessons with deep understanding. 

This type of parenting has a powerful edict on child development. Children tend to perform better in school, have good social skills, and with less behavioural problems when raised with this set of approaches. It strengthens healthy brain development, with quick and right decision making skills.

These children grow up as a healthy, emotionally happy, responsible, and independent adults. They know how to manage stress better and have high level of self esteem.

Follow simple methods of Positive and good parenting like praising, acknowledgement, most importantly having patience builds up a positive environment for nurturing.

Noticing Your Child’s Good Behaviour

What Does Your Child Need?

Sometimes, it becomes overwhelming and parents might feel that they are not doing enough. But the parents out there, always keep in mind, just being around your kid is what matters the most. You are not just a caregiver, you are your child’s anchor, role model, and guide who helps them to cherish and overcome obstacles by learning from their own mistakes.

Children want to grow with parents, learn and admit from mistakes and not get punished or stay under constant fear before taking any step towards new learnings and failures. 

When kids notice making things right after messing them up and making blunders is okay and a part of learning, they accept the flaws, and gain confidence.

Final Verdict: What Blogger Has To Say About It?

No parent is perfect and there is no way to become one. Positive parenting is a helpful approach; it means setting healthy rules, supporting their feelings, and listening to their needs. When you do so, your child feels the safest, which helps the child to thrive.

Do not run after perfection. Just go with the flow, learn to align with the kids, and be loving. Other things will eventually fall into places.