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Working together - An Important Parenting Skill

By: Dr. Noel Swanson...

The most effective parenting skill in establishing child discipline is working together. It is effective in dealing with behavior problems of children of all age groups and children of your own or your spouse's from a previous relationship. Biological or foster parents can benefit from this skill of team work.

Children are experts in parent playing; they know how to get their way, if not from parent, they will go to the other parent. This often leads to misunderstanding between the parents and children use this situation to their own advantage.

The solution is simple. Parents need to work as a team; they should discuss matters openly and come to an agreement. Once they agree upon an action plan, they must stick to it and under all circumstances support each other, at least in the presence of the children.

You can divide the activities between you; that is the most practical and effective team work. After all, you can't agree on everything, but if you divide the areas of activity, each has the freedom to carry it out to the best of their ability. For example, one parent can handle outdoor activities while the other handles indoor activities..

It's a good idea to establish a norm that children must take the approval of both parents in each situation. This works very well in most situations except at times when one parent is not available.

All parents need to agree on the rules and steps to follow regardless of which method you decide to use for making decisions. Once you've decided, then go to your children and explain the situation.

If you as parents can work together as a team, your older children will understand the situation, and will stop future parent playing. If they are not old enough to understand, you can prevent parent playing from occurring in the first place. Working together is the foundation of parenting.

Working together has much greater benefits than just stopping children from parent playing. After all, parenting is not only about going to the park or watching TV. You need to take decisions on what type and kind of education they have to be given? Which religion or faith a child should be brought up in? What type of child disciplinary measures should be taken? All of these questions and many more need to be addressed together as a team, and as they grow up, they should become a part of the team.

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Dr. Noel Swanson specializes in helping parents with their children's behaviors. To tap into his expert parenting advice go to his website and check out his hugely popular GOOD CHILD Guide manual, jammed full of practical parenting advice.

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