Emma Hicks
1. Positive parenting is when parents honor their children and make them feel good about themselves, and use a healthy positive vocabulary. Negative parenting is when a parent might yell or spank a child when they’re doing something wrong. I think positive parenting is absolutely more effective and more ethical. Positive parenting is a healthy way of communicating and it’s praising your child so they know you love them and that they are doing something right. Negative parenting just sheds light on a child when they’re doing something bad, and that would seem to be just flat out mean and embarrassing for the child.
2. I believe children should have fewer rules in the home. I think fewer rules creates an environment they can feel safe and extremely comfortable in.
3. In a situation of biting I absolutely believe my approach would fit into a positive parenting framework. I have actually been in that situation before and my initial reaction was NEVER to yell or hit the child. I used my words and was extremely stern and assertive. My natural reaction has never been to verbally or physically abuse a child, so I know in a situation of biting I would be able to be assertive with my words (without yelling).
1. New parents feel pressure because they are filled with so much information from the media, their parents, family members, etc. With all this information they get overwhelmed and start feeling pressure towards the small things like weather they cleaned their baby’s hair well enough in the bath, which is something they don’t need to be worrying about. Some of the biggest sources of worry for new parents are, whether they’re holding their baby properly, or if they’re going to drop their baby.
2. I believe people have become so caught up in details as opposed to basic parenting due to mass media. The media exploits and can twist things around, as to where a new parent might become stressed and overwhelmed easily. I think you can get positive and assuring information through books.
3. You can tell if a baby is happy by the literal fact of whether they’re crying, or