Raising Kids with Wisdom

Parenting Tips

Raising kids can be the most demanding, time consuming, sleep depriving, stressful and wonderful time of your life. The spectacular little ones that you and your spouse created and brought into the world are growing into little people who have thoughts and ideas of their own. It is a splendid feeling watching your little babies grow into their own individual selves; however, it can be problematic once they start to use the word “no” or begin to talk back. This is when raising kids can become a battle between the child and the parents. Hold on tight because help is on the way!

Learn to Take Your Own Time-Out

Time-outs aren’t just for kids anymore. Sometimes, parents need to take their own time-outs in order to maintain their composure as well as their sanity. It can be brutal raising kids, especially once they start school and begin to mimic the behaviors of their classmates. This is one thing that can bring even the most harmonious and close-knit family to their knees.

Sometimes, a three-minute parent’s time-out can help. Of course don't leave your small children unattended, but a child who is school age should be fine for those three minutes while you calm yourself. During your time out, you should think of some inspirational quotes about the wisdom needed while raising kids, such as Charles Swindoll’s “Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.” The famous advice columnist Ann Landers once said, "In the final analysis, it is not what you do for your children, but what you have taught them to do for themselves that will make them successful human beings”. The use of quotes for wisdom may sound corny to some, but they are truly effective while you are trying to exercise your effective parenting skills.

Being Involved Is a Part of Good Parenting

Parents should not intrude on and be overbearing in their children’ lives. Allowing children to handle certain situations on their own helps them to become independent and strong individuals. However, there are aspects of your child’s life that you absolutely must be actively involved in as a part of your good parenting plan. You must spend quality time with your children and guide them.

Raising kids without active parental involvement can make them feel that they aren’t worthy of love, or not important enough to get your time. This can lead to self-esteem issues now, and later in life. Besides it can problems in child parent relationships. Therefore, be active in your children’ school and other activities. Showing your children that you are willing to forgo other things to ensure their success will instill the same wisdom in them, and they will in turn pass that onto future generations. Being supportive, helping your children with their problems, teaching them life's important lessons of honesty, patience and other good values and teaching them how to live with integrity is nurturing them to have success and happiness in their lives.

The Wisdom You Need For Raising Kids to Be Active

Over the past half of a century, people have been leading much more sedentary lives than ever.  Unfortunately, the children today are some of the least active in American history.  In the age of two income families, televisions, cell phones and video games have been the ones raising kids.  This has not only caused the highest number of child obesity cases, but has also contributed to the breakdown of child-parent relationships.  If your children are less active than they should be, there are some great ways to get them up and moving their bodies.

Take It Outside

It is really important that while raising kids, you lead by example.  Children tend to emulate their parents’ behaviors.  If all the parent does is sit on the couch and watch TV, the children will do the same.  You must plan some fun activities outdoors to encourage your children to run and play.

Kids of all ages love to play Hide and Seek.  This is a wonderful way to play outside and improve your child-parent relationships too.  In the winter, building a snowman or going sledding as a family activity can be great fun.  A family vacation in the summertime filled with camping, hiking, bird watching and fishing would bring all of you closer together, and help you in raising kids who appreciate what nature has to offer.  Any fun activity that gets you children outside and moving their bodies is a good thing for their overall good health.

Take a Stroll

Family walks are becoming more and more popular.  Years ago, people were always out walking with their families, but this has seemed to stop over the past few decades.  Walking is a great form of exercise, and it also gives you time to talk with your kids.  This is a free activity that opens up the lines of communication and helps to improve child-parent relationships.  Going on family walks will not only benefit your children’s health, but will make you healthier too.

Play In the Park

An outing to the park will encourage your children to run, play and socialize with other children.  You should play an active role while there as well.  You can push your kids on the swings, teach them how to climb on the monkey bars or catch them when they come down the slide.  By playing with your children, you are creating a stronger bond between you and them.  Strong child-parent relationships are essential while raising kids, and will create a never-ending bond for life.

Signup for Sports

Sports are a great way to get normally sedentary children up and moving.  There are many things that a child can learn from playing sports.  Kids can learn to be team players and to cooperate with others.  They can also learn that exercise will make them stronger, faster and healthier.  Sports can also help to improve child-parent relationships, providing the parents play an active role in the children’s sporting activities.

Unconventional Sports

There are children who simply do not take to team sports such as soccer, football, softball or basketball.  It’s all right to be raising kids who just don’t like those types of sports.  You should not push them into it, as this could severely damage child-parent relationships.  There are other great options that your kids might enjoy.  Baton twirling, karate, dance or gymnastics might be unconventional sports that your kids will enjoy.  Your children will make new friends, and you will meet other people raising kids that prefer unconventional sports as opposed to more widely played sporting activities.