Title: 12 Skills That Good Parents Have (Backed by Science) - Daniel Wong
Headings: 12 Skills That Good Parents Have (Backed by Science)
12 Skills That Good Parents Have (Backed by Science)
Parenting skill #1: Focus more on your children’s positive behaviour than negative behaviour.
Parenting skill #2: Teach your children to focus on the needs of others.
Parenting skill #3: Don’t shout at your children.
Parenting skill #4: Give your children responsibilities around the house.
Parenting skill #5: Build a strong relationship with your spouse.
Parenting skill #6: Teach your children to view challenges positively.
Parenting skill #7: Don’t do things for your children that your children should do themselves.
Parenting skill #8: Help your children develop social skills.
Parenting skill #9: Guide your children without controlling or micromanaging them.
Parenting skill #10: Give your children a sense of security.
Parenting skill #11: Help your children to develop resilience and perseverance.
Parenting skill #12: Manage your own stress effectively.
Conclusion

Content: Help your children develop social skills. Researchers tracked more than 750 children over a period of 13 to 19 years. They found a correlation between the children’s social skills as kindergarteners and how self-confident and successful they were as adults. [ 8]
These findings highlight the importance of teaching children social skills. Here’s a list of social skills that you can help your children develop: Sharing
Giving feedback
Accepting differences
Respecting others’ rights and property
Identifying others’ feelings
Seeing things from others’ perspective
Making eye contact
Managing negative emotions
Listening
Not interrupting
Resolving conflicts
Disagreeing respectfully
Cooperating
Helping others
Complimenting others
Being polite
Asking for help
In addition, here’s a handy resource that’s filled with activities to teach children social skills. Parenting skill #9: Guide your children without controlling or micromanaging them. Psychologist Diana Baumrind has done years of research about the effects of different parenting styles on children. [ 9]
She concluded that there are three types of parenting styles in general: