—
Parenting is not always a bed of roses!
Yes, that’s true. It is not just a matter of giving birth to a child. It is about rising up children who can be good and effective in whatever roles they take up in life later on.
Parenting is not just a day’s job. Parents to paren with time, experience and, these days, with experts too!
Parenting may sound easy to some, but in fact, it takes more than even one’s imagination. It requires many sleepless nights, an uncompromised devotion and never-ending effort to keep children happy, healthy and thriving from toddlers to teens and even more stages ahead.
Parenting is about adopting ways to ensure the physical, social, mental and emotional well-being and growth of a child. It is not just a mother’s job but fathers have an equal responsibility to share too. In fact there are certain roles only a father can better play to help children become better humans and face worldly challenges.
Role of a Father in Bringing up a Child
From learning to eat to doing homework, from crawling to running marathons, from listening to bedtime stories to becoming inspiring personalities, everything a child learns is only because of parents.
Most interestingly, parenting is usually associated with mothers. Though mothers have more of a caring nature, fathers do possess a different loving association with kids which leaves remarkable prints on a child’s complete personality.
It is the father who gives his darling kids the very first lesson of keeping relationships. For a daughter, her father is a role model whose image she would like to see in her husband. For a son, father is the one who supports and ties the family united in all circumstances.
You might be a top manager in your firm, a successful entrepreneur, a great artist or something else. But for your kids you’re a FATHER….and you need to learn the ways to be a good father.
Can we learn the Art of Parenting?
Usually, we think of parenting as a thankless job. We all become parents and start doing the same as we had watched our parents do to us. Sometimes, it is the friends or family circle that helps a lot in learning to parent by sharing their experiences. And in some cases, it is our very own experiences that shape us to be better parents.
Thanks to the latest technology and effective communication channels, it is now possible to approach the most appropriate help at any possible time. And this help is now available in the form of Parenting Experts!
How to Learn the Art of Parenting through Experts?
Do you still remember your very first Board Room meeting where you had to present a new proposal? Or any sports you ever played and managed to win?
How did you manage to do it successfully?
You must not have winged it that time!
When a boardroom meeting or a game compelled you to prepare well, you used strategies and took experts opinions, why not parenting?
Ways to Learn From Experts
The unlimited options for learning are one of the blessings of this high-tech era. And such options can also be availed for approaching Parenting experts too. Some of the ways to learn from experts are:
Parenting Classes
Parenting classes are great help to develop crucial skills and understanding among parents. The experts teach parents about multiple effective strategies to be used in order to discipline a child. Not only confined to disciplinary stuff, these experts educate parents about their respective roles and responsibilities which, at times, are ignored.
In order to become a Dream Dad, attending a parenting class or a workshop can be useful. The experts conducting such classes or workshops help you stay updated about contemporary changes that are affecting the thoughts and needs of your own kids too.
These classes share strategies that help you to understand the changing nature of your children over time. They also let you know about ways to be more involved with your child on a daily basis.
Parenting Books and Magazines
A number of books have been written on the topic of parenting. And the knowledge available in these books is more like a treasure. Going through parenting books gives you expert’s opinion about what parents have to face while bringing up their children. These books don’t only present the challenges to you, but also lay out the solutions for each encounter.
There are various parenting magazines available online and in bookstores which can give you bundles of updated information and advises regarding effective parenting.
Child Developmental Psychologists
There’s nothing wrong with approaching a child developmental psychologists. Especially with the first baby, fathers are more frightened or in some cases overprotective about the baby’s brought up.
These psychologists are experts in understanding a child’s psychology so they help you do the same. You can never be a good father (or a mother), if you are unable to know what your child thinks, demands and expects.
The child developmental psychologists help you realize each child is unique with their own strengths and weaknesses. Once you are able to recognize and understand their uniqueness, parenting can be much easier.
Following Parenting Clubs Online
Being a busy dad, it might be hard for you to seek appointments with experts or attending workshops. But thanks to the virtual world that makes everything possible, learning to parent too.
There are various online clubs, portals, and blogs that are designed to bring parenting experts and troubled parents together on a single platform. These experts can be approached easily over here. They share their articles, experiences and multiple ways to help you improve as a parent. Had you any queries, you are also given options to ask questions for a better-personalized solution.
Benefits of Seeking Help from Parenting Experts
Parenting experts are a great blessing. They help you in:
- Understanding your child
- Learning the changing phenomenon that is changing children’s needs
- Staying updated with the latest research and information on effective parenting
- Matching your parenting style with your child’s personality
- Combating your fear as a father
- Learning interesting ways to develop strong bonds with kids
- Engaging more with children
Conclusion
Parenting, like any other skill, can also be learned. Instead of experimenting on your child, taking an expert’s opinion can help improve the relationship between child and parents.
Parenting classes help a lot in learning the innovative ways for becoming friendly, loving and dream parents for kids. It is not a must for you to be a new parent to take help from such experts. These experts and the knowledge they share are equally effective for every parent who wishes to improve as a parent with each passing day.
—
This post is republished on Medium.
—
If you believe in the work we are doing here at The Good Men Project, please join like-minded individuals in The Good Men Project Premium Community.
◊♦◊
◊♦◊
Get the best stories from The Good Men Project delivered straight to your inbox, here.
◊♦◊
◊♦◊
Sign up for our Writing Prompts email to receive writing inspiration in your inbox twice per week.
The Good Men Project is an Amazon.com affiliate. If you shop via THIS LINK, we will get a small commission and you will be supporting our Mission while still getting the quality products you would have purchased, anyway! Thank you for your continued support!
—
Photo credit: Shutterstock