One way that my parenting has changed is that I have added more rules that I expect Finley to follow. Finley told me one day that I have more “rules” than other kids’ parents. Finley is usually in a good mood and has a cheerful personality. She tends to use humor to deal with stress or shrugs off little upsets that happen throughout her life. Even though it happens rarely, she does come across a problem that gets her upset. When this happens, I make sure to sympathize with her by giving her a hug, and showing that I will listen to Finley whenever she wants to talk about these problems. I let her know that she can solve these problems on her own if she wants to spend time alone to think about the problems or she can always come to me to talk about the problems.
Another way that I have changed my parenting has been that I add punishment when she does not follow my directions. For example, Finley is generally pretty good about homework and chores, but sometimes she forgets, or leaves them unfinished. When this happens, I …show more content…
She would just cry and I would tend to her with whatever she needed. Now that she is older, she is able to solve some of her problems on her own with the skills that she has developed. By allowing Finley to solve some of these problems on her own and to make her own decision, I am participating in coregulation. When children get older, parents shift the control that they have from adult to child (Berk & Meyers, 2016, p. 496). Coregulation is “a form of supervision in which they exercise general oversight while letting children take charge of moment-by-moment decision making” (Berk & Meyers, 2016, p. 496). Also, when Finley was younger, she was not able to understand my discipline as much as she does now. At the age of six, she is now able to understand what she did wrong when she is in trouble. Because of this, I am able to provide a punishment that is beneficial for
Another way that I have changed my parenting has been that I add punishment when she does not follow my directions. For example, Finley is generally pretty good about homework and chores, but sometimes she forgets, or leaves them unfinished. When this happens, I …show more content…
She would just cry and I would tend to her with whatever she needed. Now that she is older, she is able to solve some of her problems on her own with the skills that she has developed. By allowing Finley to solve some of these problems on her own and to make her own decision, I am participating in coregulation. When children get older, parents shift the control that they have from adult to child (Berk & Meyers, 2016, p. 496). Coregulation is “a form of supervision in which they exercise general oversight while letting children take charge of moment-by-moment decision making” (Berk & Meyers, 2016, p. 496). Also, when Finley was younger, she was not able to understand my discipline as much as she does now. At the age of six, she is now able to understand what she did wrong when she is in trouble. Because of this, I am able to provide a punishment that is beneficial for