Parenting Requires:

• Keep your eyes and ears open
• Communicate with each child
• Working on child/children social skills
• Help child/children become independent
• Develop a working relationship with teachers 

Things To Tell Your Child/Children Everyday:

• I believe in you
• You are the best gift I ever received
• You don’t have to earn my love
• Life gives you a new chance every day
• Try new things

Do You Know What Children Want From Their Parents

There's an old saying: “Small children, small problems; big children, big problems. Small children, small opportunities; big children, big opportunities.”
It is the only job that by the time you're trained ... you're out of a job.

• Harmony: Parents should not have unresolved and destructive conflict in front of them
• Love: They wish to be treated with the same affection as other children in the family
• Honesty: They do not want to be lied to
• Acceptance: They desire mutual tolerance from both parents
• They want their parents to like their friends. They want their friends to be welcomed in the home
• Closeness: They desire friendship with their parents
• Pay attention to them and answer their questions
• They want consideration from their parents: Not to be embarrassed or punished in front of friends
• Positive support: For parents to concentrate on their good points rather than their weaknesses
• Consistency: They desire to be consistent in their affections and moods