PARENTING A CHILD

WHAT IS A PARENT'S ROLE?

Parenting is the process of promoting and supporting the physical, emotional, social, and intellectual development of a child from before birth to adulthood. Parenting refers to the activity of raising a child rather than the biological relationship.

It is a parent's role to:

• Provide physical safety and to protect their child from dangers
• Provide shelter, clothes, nourishment
• Care for a child's health
• Provide a child with the means to develop physically
• To train the body of a child, helping develop good habits of health and to introduce to exercise
• Provide an atmosphere of peace and justice and respect to one's dignity
• Provide an environment without fear, threat, and abuse
• Support and / or provide school related learning: Reading, writing, calculating etc.
• Teach social skills and etiquette
• Nurture in Moral and Spiritual development, creating good ethics and value systems
• Provide a safe loving environment giving the child a sense of being loved, needed, and wanted
• Provide Emotional support and encouragement
• Shoe empathy and compassion to your child and to teach these attributes to your child

Sounds like a lot of work and a full time job, doesn't it? "PARENTING A CHILD" Forum will help you polish your skills and / or help you develop the skills necessary to parent your child in a positive manner.

"PARENTING A CHILD" parenting class is broken into several different segments according to child's age and according to topic.

In a "PARENTING A CHILD" parenting class we will address each age and stage of a child's life, concentrating on your child's particular age and stage of development.

• Prenatal
• Newborn
• Infant
• Toddler
• The Terrible Twos
• Preschool
• Child
• Adolescent (pre-teen, puberty, teenager)
• Moving into adulthood and leaving the "nest"

In a "PARENTING A CHILD" parenting class we will explore many child related topics to help you in your everyday parenting.

• Child Growth and Development
• Temper Tantrums
• Separation Anxiety
  
• Child Education
• Child Safety
• Rules
• Choices and Consequences
  
• Food and Nutrition
• Nurturing and Bonding
• Child Abuse and Neglect
• Siblings, Family, and Extended Family
• Single parenting
• Step-parenting
• Working Mom / Stay-At Home Mom
• Child-Care