Today’s Parenting Tip:

Decide:    You can learn many ways to give your child compliments.

Practice:   Today, think about the following three ways to give compliments.

Your child might like to hear it directly from you – “You look beautiful in that dress. It lights up your eyes.”

Or, she might like to hear it in her own voice – “I love this dress on me.”

Or, she may want to hear it second-hand – you ask Dad what he thought of her in her dress and after he says he thought she looked great, you tell her, “Dad said you were so pretty in that dress.”

To make sure you understand the different ways, listen for examples and practice giving all three types of compliments. You can learn more about this in Correct; Don’t Criticize Part 1 and Part 2.

Today’s Decide and Practice daily parenting tip was inspired by our featured picture book, BECAUSE I’M YOUR DAD.  Read the book to a child in your life each day as a reminder of what you are deciding and practicing that day.

Come back each day for another good parenting decision and how to practice it. (Each day’s activity will also be posted on Daily Parenting Tips page for easy access.)

Read the whole story at DADS ARE SO IMPORTANT.