Shinning a light on the parenting skills no one talks about.

Parenting is hard and important, if it wasn’t there wouldn’t be billions of books on it. There wouldn’t be professionals who dedicate their lives to studying and understanding it. When developing parenting skills concepts like communication style, parenting style and discipline have been used as foundations to help parents and guardians in their journey to raise children into competent adults. And these concepts are very much needed, however I want to talk about parent skills that don’t get much time in the spotlight. I’m starting a series on parenting skills that no one talks about (well maybe not no one, let’s just say they aren’t mentioned too often). The skills I’ll cover are ones that are helpful for you to be the parent you want to be. That’s right the focus is all on you, my friend! This post is an overview of the parenting skills I will be discussing. In the coming weeks I will do a separate post for each skill, going in more depth of what it means, why it’s important and how to practice it when with your kid(s).

Parenting is hard and important, if it wasn’t there wouldn’t be billions of books on it. There wouldn’t be professionals who dedicate their lives to studying and understanding it. When developing parenting skills concepts like communication style, parenting style and discipline have been used as foundations to help parents and guardians in their journey to raise children into competent adults. And these concepts are very much needed, however I want to talk about parent skills that don’t get much time in the spotlight. I’m starting a series on parenting skills that no one talks about (well maybe not no one, let’s just say they aren’t mentioned too often). The skills I’ll cover are ones that are helpful for you to be the parent you want to be. That’s right the focus is all on you, my friend! This post is an overview of the parenting skills I will be discussing. In the coming weeks I will do a separate post for each skill, going in more depth of what it means, why it’s important and how to practice it when with your kid(s).

Below is a chart of the skills that I will be covering and a brief definition of what it means:

Now that we know what we will be going over in the coming weeks, I hope you join me as we discuss the skills that will be valuable to you as a parent. I appreciate you taking the time to read this post, as I’m just trying to offer a few words of wisdom in a complex world. I hope you found it helpful or maybe you are already doing all of what I suggested, and it just feels good to feel affirmed. Parenting is hard and I am here to help. I offer parenting support services to help you in this journey called parenthood. If you would like to set up a time to chat my contact information is below.

Jennifer Bailey, LCSW & RDT

jbaileytherapyservices@gmail.com

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