2 Steps to take to Parenting Effectively

As parents whether we want to acknowledge it or not, our job is to teach our children to be responsible, self-sufficient and productive adults. These lessons should not begin at age 18 instead they should be lessons over the entire course of their childhood.


How do I teach my child to become self-sufficient?

I have written 2 articles which explain how to incorporate effective parenting skills to help you get your family organized. They are as follows:

1) Delegation
2) Example of How to Teach Kids to Help you with Tasks

Each of the about mentioned articles use real world examples that can you can use to effectively parent using resources which are readily available to you. It takes a little work to implement these family organizing strategies and will prove invaluable once incorporated into your busy lifestyle.

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Delegation

As a Mom, we get so caught up in taking care of everyone else literally and figuratively. By getting caught up, I mean we take on their problems as our own even neglecting our own needs. We are responsible for many people, but we shouldn’t take on everyone’s problem. If we do, how are they going to learn to take care of themselves?

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What is delegation? It means to allow another person to perform tasks to aid in getting things done. Through delegation we can teach our family to be independent and self-sufficient. Of course, before delegating tasks you must consider the person’s age and maturity.

Experiment!

1. Think of several tasks you do for your child
2. Write them done
3. Are there any of the tasks on the list that they could start doing for themselves?
4. If they can’t completely do it alone, can you teach them to do a portion to help you get more tasks done?

I really encourage you start delegating task. Even if it is tough at first helping your child learn what is expected of him or her, the benefits of someone else completing tasks besides you will be very rewarding. You will experience peace and complete tasks quicker.

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Let me know what you think of this experiment by leaving a comment on my blog or email me.

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I have a first grader who has a lot of homework. I am sure this sounds funny because if you are like me I don’t remember having homework at that age. Helping him with homework is being back horrific memories of my childhood when my parents helped me bring my “C” down to a “F”. Needless to say I had to seek other sources for homework help.

How It Works

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Thanks to the computer and the internet parents have an abundance of resources when it comes to helping a child with homework. I wish they were available when I was a child. I was beginning to feel like I was in first grade again, since I haven’t been in school in such a long time. So I began to look for ways technology could help me and my son with homework.

One service I found was tutor.com, which is a fee-based, interactive service. They offer a free 60 minute trial of their service. I strongly suggest that you sign up for the free trial.

Once you log into your account, pick your grade level and subject; you are taken to an interactive whiteboard area where you and the online tutor share the workspace on the computer. You ask questions in the chat area and write homework problem on the whiteboard. Then the tutor shows you how to solve the problem on the whiteboard and you can ask questions about anything you do not understand. Also, you can save the workspace as a file and/ or print it out for further and future reference. I was really impressed with how quickly the problem was resolved and the efficient use of technology.

If you child doesn’t use a computer on a regular basis, beside his or her PSP, then this is a good time for you as well as your child to see the many benefits of technology.

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