Positive Parenting Skills
What exactly are positive parenting skills?
As far as we’re concerned, positive parenting skills are the skills we’ve acquired through the last 18 years of parenting our children. We aren’t psychiatrists, psychologists, counselors, or therapists. We are ordinary parents of extraordinary children with special challenges and the tools and programs we talk about are ones that have worked for us. We’ve picked up these parenting skills from many different places, including:
- Parenting Books
- Counselors
- Parenting CD’s
- Parenting DVD’s
- Seminars
- Parenting Websites
- Parenting Blogs
- TV shows
- Parenting Forums
- And whatever other resources we could find to help us be the best parents possible!
Our names are Matt and Julie, and we’re the parents of five wonderful, challenging, and at times infuriating adopted children. We knew right from the start that we’d need special skills, tools, and techniques to raise these children, and we’ve spent much of the last 18 years building our arsenal! Our desire on this site is to share some of what we’ve learned with you, in hopes that it will help you to be awesome parents, too!
Please feel free to browse this site, and use any of the information freely. In addition to our parenting blog, you’ll find parenting product reviews, parenting articles, and even a parents forum that you can interact with other parents on. If you have questions, or even don’t agree with what we say, leave a comment! We’re happy to hear from you either way.
Do you have challenging children?
One program that’s worked for us is the Total Transformation program by James Lehman. It’s given us a lot of solid, common sense ideas for parenting our five. Maybe it can help you too!
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my 7year old how to get her to leave her 2yearold sister alone
What exactly is she doing?
I totally agree. Our kids have different special needs.
I have 3 girls and each one is do different that he other one! its so great watching them grow up and develop their own character.
Having 4 girls and one son I can attest that the information you offer here is helpful and relevant. Each one of our children have had their own set of opportunities to build our experience and expertise as parents. It’s important to understand that you don’t have all the answers but you can find the solutions to your problems with resources like the ones you provide. Thanks for providing meaningful resources to help parents get through difficult periods of raising children.
I have two sons, 15 and 9, they are great boys, it has been a great experience parenting them. they are very different i personality and we are able to handle them with care, as individuals.
It is a great expereince to be a parent, but it calls for dedication and commitment. I would recommend parents to take time and learn about parenting skills, eg in parenting seminars, reading books, etc.
It is also good to see kids like human beings, not just kids, they have feelings and emotions just like the adults, they deserve respect and love. I will give some rights for both.
parents rights
-parents have a right to be human-none of us is perfect.
-parents have a right to lives that are as free from anxiety as possible.
-parents have a right to their sleep.
-parents have a right to be relaxed and happy in their homes
-parents have a right not to be afraid of or threatened by their kids.
-parents have a right to a child’s help around the house.
childrens rights.
-children have a right to love and caring
-children have a right to a secure home and shelter
-children have a right to regular meals
-children have a right to dignity and respect
-children have a right to be given time, patience and understanding by their parents.
-children have a right to self-respect and life free from physical, emotional and sexual abuse.
I wish us all the best in this interesting life time project!!!!
Well, I have only tried parenting books so far but you gave me a great idea with the parenting DVD!