Bad Parenting Skills

Conceiving a child can be a dream come true for nearly everyone, but it is not a stress-free journey. Most people assume that they will be able to handle all the responsibilities of being a parent, but many times realize that it is different than expected. There are no characteristics of a perfect parent, it is a demanding but rewarding experience and learning to be a parent comes with the difficulties that arise throughout the stages of human development. As a mother in the prenatal stage of human development, it is essential to stay healthy. A strategy to maintain health is to quit drinking, smoking, and other unhealthy practices. Upholding your health not only benefits you, but the child as well. Staying healthy can eliminate the toxic …show more content…
Throughout this stage, as a parent, you will need to support your child to create a healthy relationship. Your teen will be developing ways of reasoning, their own morals and creating an identity. Their ways of reasoning will become self-advocated, but they will be able to think rationally and form ideas to their liking. The actions of right and wrong will also become apparent through their development of morals. Most importantly is your teens identity, they will be experimenting with their sexuality and personality. As they attain these new skills, they may create difficult situations at home or in public. The way to handle these situations is to talk to them and make them feel supported and important. Although they may believe you know nothing, you can offer the best advice you have and try to prevent …show more content…
They are beginning their own journey and no longer need you by their side at all times. Continuing to communicate will be vital to your relationship. Listening to their problems with work, intimacy and health will be your job as a parent in this stage. Expecting them to create their own family, having their own job and go through physical changes will be the struggles you will talk about. Your advice will lead them to the proper behaviors through adulthood and prepare them for the difficulties of living on their own. You must enforce that being an adult no longer requires the step by step nurturing qualities of a parent. In conclusion, parenting starts from a fertilized egg and doesn’t end until death. Every stage of human development requires different strategies to parent a child effectively. No matter how hard you try to be the perfect parent it wont happen, but you can develop an incredible bond and relationship with your child. There will be numerous conflicts and difficulties, but these will create an everlasting