Better Parenting in Five Minutes or Less

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Summary:

The choices we make on how to parent will impact our children for the rest of their lives.

That’s a pretty scary thought, so today we’d like to share three quick tips parents can put into action right away to help them improve their parenting skills. These tips come from Toni Schutta, a parent coach, licensed psychologist and co-author of the book “Parenting by Strengths: A Parents’ Guide for Challenging Situations.”

Toni has helped many parents reduce their stress and create happier families. And today, she’s going to present her three steps for improving your parenting skills.

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Father Time (Mysticism)

great advice, nice video!

Steve Caldwell (Men's Issues)

The advice you gave are really practical and would help lot of people.

Marie Hendrix (Child Development)

Active listening, positive communication, and identifying positive behaviors along with consistent boundaries- what wonderful foundational parenting skills. Toni I admire your work and your message. Thank you for all you do!

Dennis Hansen (Addiction and Recovery)

I agree. Another tip I've found to be very effective is for parents not to be afraid to let their children in a bit. Share things, important things, with them so that they will be more inclined to share back. When you create that positive, mentor-like relationship with your children, it is much easier to talk to them about extremely important topics such as avoiding drug abuse, and they'll be much more likely to listen!

Psychic Lilly (Love)

great information!

B.K. Narayan (Child Development)

Good tips Toni. Creating positive, loving atmosphere at home is important for better parenting, isn't it?

Kym Moore, (Marketing Strategy)

Listening is always a good powerful communication tool. Interesting tips!

Jason L. (Abundance)

Advice I would give to a new parent. 1. When your baby cry's it's because the baby needs something don't be frustrated or discouraged, when this occurs. 2. Enjoy every cherished moment with your child, they grow up quick. 3. Give them as much love as possible, love is the strongest feeling in the universe:)

Yvonne Chamberlain (Holistic Health)

I am not sure where I heard this but it is brilliant: Teach your child how to "be" in this world and teach them how to love themselves by "loving" yourself.

Kathy Jo Pollack (Financial Freedom)

Wonderful advice. Thank you.

Peter Hanfileti (Holistic Health)

I wholeheartedly agree with all three of your tips, Toni. Listening for feelings, giving positive reinforcement, and setting up and following through with rules and consequences are key principles for all parents to follow. I look forward to referring people to your website as well as exploring it myself.

Prakash Binwal (Customer Service)

Interesting

Zeno Dickson (Human Design)

good, practical suggestions to integrate into the family.

Karen Herring

Great tips Toni! I think listening to good parenting information on a regular basis and being open to learning new ideas is crucial to good parenting. Just hearing these tips once isn't enough - we need to regularly remind ourselves to use positive communication, listen for feelings, and have family rules to maintain consistency. I'm planning our next family meeting now - can you guess what's on the agenda?

Sune Guna (Spiritual Healing)

Great Video Toni..Thanks a lot..! Listening to feelings is a skill we adults have to practice as we are the ones running through the life to catch up with everything.. Listening to feelings is; respecting the child and his/her feelings; being present at the moment when message is conveyed; showing the love and support for the child for who they are and what's going on in their personal life; being open to suggestions and negotiations to offer different perspectives that might help to resolve the issue.. For a new parent..I say..Accept the fact that you are a parent... Accept the fact that challenging & rewarding times ahead as life itself.. Trust the process of "Listening to feelings and sensations" of the self and the baby to give accurate feedback though there's no two-way verbal communication between parents and the baby..TRUST.. Thanks Toni and David.. Sune Guna

Luka Malgaj

Good advice in this video but I would prefer a bit shorter video than 5 minutes. I think everything could be told in 3 minutes and it would be more pleasant for us viewers. Otherwise great tips!

Catherine Franz (Network Marketing and MLM's)

Good advice. I wish I would have known this when my children were younger. Now as adults the damage is done.

Amany saad (Spiritual Healing)

My advice to him is: Love your child and do everything it shows your love, Love from my point of view is the best means of positive communication with your child. Great video & very useful tips in the Parental. Very good coach .. Thank you.

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