I promised, I know. Here they are, 10 of the best of Mrs. PiggleWiggle’s parenting tips. I have used these and I can tell you that Mrs. PiggleWiggle may be a fictional character but she rocks!
10Tips For Great Parenting via Mrs PiggleWiggle
- Engage your child’s imagination: Whether it is chores or overcoming a bad habit give your child the skills to think outside of the box.
- Be his/her number one fan and forever cheerleader. There are billions of people in the world that are queuing up to tell your kid what a failure he is. It doesn’t have to come from you. Even if there are things that he doesn’t do well you can always find something positive to say! Remember Power of Life and Death?
- Allow him to learn from his own mistakes as much as possible. This means standing back and allowing him to experience the consequences of his actions.
- Help you child put himself in other’s shoes. Didn’t feed the dog? Maybe skipping lunch or a snack might be in order.
- Care about the kids more than the stuff. Children should be taught to be careful with things and take care of what they have; however when you find that you are yelling or spanking excessively because a child broke an antique vase then you are the one with the problem. The message you are sending is “my stuff is more important than you”.
- Let the punishment fit the crime. I had a child that would kick holes in the wall in a temper. Used to send the child out side to kick the brick trim on the house until she didn’t feel like kicking walls anymore. Didn’t hurt her OR the wall.
- Listen with your heart.
- Keep them busy with a good balance of play and chores and time to be bored.
- Make memories.
- Never lose the wonder and magic of childhood.
image: Taken by Erin Audet Myers, collection of marye audet
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