Newsflash:
Have Parents Lost Their Rights?
1. Remember that you are still the parent. As long as you had some part to play in their pro-creation and are the adult responsible for paying the bills and providing for the physical, emotional and spiritual well-being of your children, you are still in charge.2. It’s perfectly OK to say no. Your child will not be traumatized if you say no. They will not die if they don’t have that pair of sneakers or that gadget. Having to deal with declensions is a real part of life and your child needs to get used to it.3. Only obedience and good behavior should be rewarded. Rewarding tantrums, rudeness, disobedience, poor performance in school, etc. only sends the message to your child that they can easily manipulate you and other adults. If you can be easily manipulated then you are not worthy of being respected as a figure of authority.4. Even if you can afford it, never buy your child every thing they ask for. Some parents like to count it as a sense of personal achievement to showcase that they can purchase every thing their child wants. This practice only feeds a false sense of greedy entitlement in children. It is emotionally unhealthy.5. You have a right to ask questions and expect an answer. Parents need to ask more questions and stop assuming that things are ok or that their kids get it. Children may act annoyed but knowing that their parents will ask questions forces them to become accountable for their actions and choices.6. Set clear boundaries about how your children are expected to treat you very early on. No child should ever be too young to understand who their parents are and how they should be respected. The Biblical advise to “Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it” (Proverbs 22:6), should be the rule of law for good parenting.
Copyright © 2012 by Norka Blackman-Richards, is an educator, a writer and an empowerment speaker on women, education, diversity and generational issues. She is the Chief Editor of Empowerment 4 Real Women and the Founder of 4 Real Women International, Inc. Norka is an Assistant Director and the Academic Coordinator for the Percy Ellis Sutton SEEK Program of the City University of New York at Queens College.
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