Happy Parenting
by Shohag Mostafij
At the end of the day, the most overwhelming key to a childs success is the positive involvement of parents.-Jane D. Hull
Parenting also known as child rearing is the method of upholding and assisting the physical, emotional, social, intellectual and financial development of a child starting from infancy to adulthood. Parenting takes into account the aspects of raising a child apart from the biological relationship.
We all know that the most familiar caretaker in parenting is the biological parent(s) of the child in question, even though others may be an older sibling, a grandparent, a legal guardian, aunt, uncle or other family member, or a family pal.
As a matter of fact, Governments and society may have a responsibility in child-rearing as well. In several cases, orphaned or abandoned children receive parental care from non-parent blood relations. Others may be adopted, raised in foster care, or placed in an orphanage. Parenting skills differ, and a parent with SMART parenting skills may be termed as a SMART parent. After all, children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.
Here is an interesting story that I would like to share about parentingOn a Sunday evening a mother sat in her study reading the newspaper. Her daughter kept asking her over and over again to play. So to keep the little girl occupied the mother ripped out a picture of the earth from the paper, tore it up into tiny pieces and handed it to her daughter saying, Here girl, go put this back together.
After only a minute or two the little girl comes rushing to the mother with the picture pasted perfectly back together. And the mother, completely astonished, asks her daughter, How did you do that? And the little daughter smiled and said, Mom, on the other side of the globe was a picture of a person. And once I got the person together the world was OK.
Change or improvement on the outside begins with change or improvement on the inside. You cant do good unless you feel good. You cannot become a Master at parenting or at work or at home until you become a Master within.
In order to develop a powerful willpower that keeps us inspired and help create a life rich with fulfillment, passion, purpose and deep inner peace, we all need to make a choice. The choice can be of becoming an ideal parent. There has to be awareness for being able to reflect the positive changes within the parents first so that kids can be raised in a proper manner. For example, parents can take a pledge to avoid negativity, unnecessary anger and disrespectful attitude so that kids get the actual institute (home) to get educated the moral values and become an effective human being. This idea is worth executing because we all want to work for the best interest of our children. However, we need to be aware about our respective actions! Awareness is the DNA of transformation. Therefore, with a view to being effective parents let us learn to master our mind, cultivate physical excellence, achieve peak health, strengthen our character and renew our spirit so that we can transform our ideology, knowledge and skills to our adored kids. Essentially, we can learn many things from our beloved children. How much patience do we have, for instance?
