From Avoiding Extreme Parenting
ANCHOR POINTS for FAIR EXPECTATIONS of OUR CHILDREN
- Your love and approval should never be based on the child’s performance.
- Challenge your child to do their best – but remember it doesn’t mean perfection.
- Be generous with encouragement as opposed to your criticism. One lifts and the other lowers.
- Teach the importance of your child completing what they are required or had committed themselves to do.
- Allow room for failure and recovery. Children can learn from mistakes.
- Beware of parental peer pressure – Don’t parent to make you look good – parent for their good.