Each stage of child development presents parents with its own set of rewards and challenges. Effective Parenting Families come in all shapes and sizes-single parent families, families headed by grandparents, adults parenting foster children, and two parent households. And each stage of child development presents parents with its own set of rewards and challenges. How adults in a family handle such things as conflict, frustration and disappointment has a tremendous effect on how children learn to handle these life events. Consequently, how adults handle victories and successes also influences how children celebrate and mark important life events.
Adults listen to each other and listen to children.
Encouraging family members to express themselves, even when they disagree, allows for their uniqueness and individuality to grow and flourish. Effective communication skills include allowing other people to complete their thoughts, making appropriate eye contact with people, and expressing your own thoughts and feelings in a sensitive but direct manner. Adults and children apologize for their mistakes and say they are sorry if they hurt someone's feelings. A genuine apology can go a long way at mending fences. Admitting you made a mistake and really didn't mean to be hurtful toward the other person can be hard for children, but it's an important part of growing up.