Title: Teaching Responsibility to ChildrenThe Center for Parenting Education
Headings: Part I – The Big Picture:
Teaching Responsibility to Your Children

LIBRARY OF ARTICLES::
Responsibility and Chores:
Part I – The Big Picture:
Teaching Responsibility to Your Children
What is Responsibility?
Obedience vs. Responsibility
How Involved Should You Be?
Finding the balance between over-managing and under-parenting is an art.
The Dual Role of Parents
Nurturing/Caring Role
Structure/Executive Role
Dual Roles Combined
How High Self-Esteem Leads to Responsibility
Feeling Lovable
Feeling Capable
Over-Indulgence and Teaching Responsibility
Three Ways to Over-indulge
1. Giving Too Many Things
2. Doing Too Much
3. Not Expecting Enough
How to Avoid Over-Indulgence

Content: Healthy parenting occurs when children are raised in a home in which there is unconditional love along with clear boundaries, limits, rules and consequences. <to view narrated article about The Dual Role
How High Self-Esteem Leads to Responsibility
It has been shown that children with high self-esteem tend to be more responsible. They are better at: waiting for what they want – they believe that with persistence and practice they can reach a goal. acknowledging their mistakes and learning from them. sticking to a task. being willing to ask for help. being clear about their strengths and weaknesses. taking risks and trying new things. believing that they can solve problems they encounter.