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How to be an Amazing Parent
Great parents are a rare commodity.
So many try, but most are absolutely clueless.
And then they use the “these are my kids, I’ll raise them how I want” excuse.
…they simply won’t admit to being in the wrong or being a failure.
But like all things in life, you can figure things out if you think about it and you can become successful if you apply the right principles.
And if you are reading this, I really do think you have the potential to be a great parent.
Desire Must Come From Within
This is the biggest failure of most parents. The failure to understand that motivation, desire, passion, and success must come from within.
This means within your child, not you.
In other words, you …show more content…
Emotional Availability Modulates Electrophysiological Correlates of Executive Functions in Preschool Children. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 2016. Vol. 10, DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2016.00299
Correcting Your Child
NEVER Hit Your Child
In a meta-analysis (a scientific study on all the scientific studies that cover the issue) about spanking, it was shown that spanking is associated with aggression and mental illness in children.
Corporal Punishment by Parents and Associated Child Behaviors and
Experiences: A Meta-Analytic and Theoretical Review. Psychological Bulletin 2002. Vol. 128, No. 4, 539–579, DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.128.4.539
Furthermore, another study found spanking children has been associated with brain deficits in the following areas: the amygdala (fight or flight response), the hippocampus (long-term memory), the corpus callosum (interbrain communication), and the prefrontal cortex (decision-making).
Neuroimaging of child abuse: a critical review. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 2012 Vol. 6, DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2012.00052
Don’t hit your kids, it isn’t worth it.
How to Discipline with Reason
How do we solve the issue of correcting your