Vocabulary
What is helicopter parenting?
A parent who is overinvolved and "hovering" in their child's life.
What is authoritarian parenting?
Parents emphasize strict obedience and control.
Your child refuses to do their homework and starts to argue with you.
Avoid the power struggle and calmly say, "I love you too much to argue"
The child forgot their homework at home and is worried they will get in trouble at school.
The Child
The child refuses to wear a coat on a cold day.
They will be cold.
What are natural consequences?
Direct outcomes from a person's actions.
What is authoritative parenting?
Parents who set clear rules, deal out consequences, and support their children.
Your child forgets to bring their lunch to school and calls to ask you to bring it to school.
Empathize, but do not bring the lunch to school.
The child says, "I'm bored! There's nothing to do"
The Child
The child forgets homework at home and misses turning it in at school.
They will get points deducted for the homework being late.
The ability to manage your emotions.
What is permissive parenting?
A parent that is nurturing and warm but no expectations are set.
Your child refuses to get ready for bed.
Offer the child choices with limits.
The child runs into the street without looking.
The parents (safety)
A child spends all of their money and later wants to buy something.
The child cannot buy anything else, they have no money.
What is internal motivation?
The drive to engage in an activity for its own sake.
What is snow plow parenting?
A parent who goes out of their way to remove an obstacle in their child's life.
Your child misbehaves and you are not sure what to do in the moment.
Take an adult time out, figure it out, and then come back to it.
The child did not study for a test and they are worried about failing.
The Child.
A child is tired after staying up late despite repeated warnings.
Too bad, they must get up and go about they day as planned.
What is empathy?
The ability to understand and share the feelings of another person.
What is a free-range parent?
A parent who allows a child freedom and independence.
Your child is upset because they made a poor choice and are facing consequences. Do you lecture or empathaize?
Empathaize
The child spent their money on eating out and they now have no money for gas to get to school.
The child.
A child forgets their lunchbox at home.
They will not eat lunch.