Empathy
Why is it important to know how your co-parent feels?
So you can react from a place of understanding and compassion.
No. In most cases, a 3 year old would need guidance and assistance. They can do smaller tasks independently.
Give us three examples of appropriate ways to discipline problematic behaviors.
Time-out, loss of privileges, loss of objects, restitution, parental disappointment.
What is Nurturing Parenting?
Taking care of your children and yourself
How do babies exercise their personal power?
Cry
Tell us one appropriate way to respond when your child is crying. Tell us one inappropriate way to respond when your child is crying.
Appropriate: Ask them if they would like a hug, pick them up, listen to them, comfort them.
Inappropriate: Tell them to stop crying, ignore them, yell at them, punish them.
When they are ready. There is no age.
What is an appropriate punishment for an infant?
Infants are never punished
Is it ok for your child to be your best friend? Why or why not?
No. You can be your child's best friend, but not the other way around. You need peer support so you do not blur the lines between parent and child.
Tell us a positive way you use your personal power? Tell us a negative way you use your personal power?
Examples will vary.
Is it ok for parents to anticipate extreme emotional reactions from teenagers? Why or why not?
Yes, it is very normal for teenagers to have heightened emotional experiences. Anticipating this will help you show up with more compassion.
How does having appropriate expectations for children help them?
Learn to feel good about themselves
Develop trust and security
Learn to succeed in school
Is it a good idea for parent's to model self-praise in front of their children? Why or why not?
It’s a good idea to model self-praise
It teaches children how to build their own self-worth, how to validate themselves and self-compassion.
If there is no co-parent in the home should you rely on your oldest children to help with responsibilities?
It is ok to give all children age appropriate chores however, it is not ok to rely on children for co-parenting needs.
Tell us something you can control in your life? What is something you cannot control?
Cannot: Weather, what other people do, the news, what other people think, my children, my co-parent.
Give us an example of how you can help your children build empathy.
Volunteer as a family, encourage children to talk about their feelings, teach children to share, teach children how to care for pets, plants and things, develop family morals & rules, golden rule, use nurturing discipline techniques, model empathy.
Is it ok to expect yourself to get angry when your child will not do what they are told?
Yes, you should always anticipate normal emotional responses and embrace them. Anger is ok and normal, but what you do with that anger is what matters.
Give us three examples of ways to reward your children for positive behaviors.
Privileges, objects, praise, allowance, and gentle touch.
Name a parenting style that results in role reversal between parent and child?
Permissive parenting (the friend parent)
Tell us one opportunity you give your children to make decisions for themselves.
Examples: what they wear, what they eat, what they read, extracurriculars, what they watch.
Define empathy.
To be able to understand someone else's feelings and needs.
To walk in someone else's shoes.
Define Appropriate Expectations.
Expecting from a person, situation or yourself when can be delivered based on their developmental.
Define Discipline.
To guide and to teach.
Define Appropriate Family Roles.
Boundaries put in place to establish and maintain healthy parent/child relationships
Define Power/Independence
The ability/energy to control the environment around you