Today’s Parenting Tip:

DECIDE:   Responsibilities and chores help a child know what he is good at.

PRACTICE:   Today, give your child five messages that say she is able to do many things well, including following your rules that are meant to keep her safe.

Make some messages be words. Make some be just actions. Examples of these types of messages (feel free to use them or to make up your own):

“Way to go – tell me how you got this B on your test.”

On a chores chart, mark chores done on time and done well,

“Your bed looks neat and comfortable today.”

“Thank you for sticking to your curfew.”

“Will you show me how you keep the dog so quiet?”

Today’s Decide and Practice daily parenting tip was inspired by our featured picture book, PICK A PUP.  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 the Daily Parenting Tips page for easy access.)

Read the whole story at Kids and Pets: More about Responsibility, Love, Independence, and Loss.