Understand the Job of a Parent
Those of us at Prevent Child Abuse Hawaii know and understand that we are moving into a more stressful time with the Coronavirus Pandemic still throughout our communities. The summer months are now upon us, our jobs are opening up once again and the question of who is going to help “watch the children” becomes a daily stress factor question. Your job as a nurturing parent has become an even more important part of your children’s life. It is from this need that Prevent Child Abuse Hawaii would like to share how you can enjoy the time you have with your children during the summer months.
Nurturing Parenting means to be respectful and helpful to your children by caring:
It is important that a parent understands that to “nurture is to promote the growth and development of all of one’s positive traits, qualities and characteristics”. It’s during these times that your job seems more difficult but by taking the time to recognize what is happening around you, as a parent, you will be able to accept your job with the care and understanding that you never knew you had.
The summer is here, play with your children and enjoy every minute you have to be that “Nurturing Parent”!
Nurturing Parenting means to be respectful and helpful to your children by caring:
- How they are feeling
- What they are thinking
- Why they are behaving the way they are
- Responding in physically and emotionally helpful way.
- Interaction with you as the parent helps the learning process of your children.
- Stable Relationships helps all children learn how to handle stress.
- Gentle Touch helps to support the growth and development of a child’s brain grow.
- A Safe and Healthy Home helps a child explore and learn in “their world”.
- Quality Care helps a child learn the importance of care not only for themselves but for others around them.
- Self-Esteem helps a child feel good about themselves as well as those around themselves.
- Communication helps a child learn and build on their own verbal skills.
- Reading helps the development of a child’s brain to grow and helps to encourage the importance of reading in a child’s life.
- Play helps to build a child to develop their own creativity and imagination.
It is important that a parent understands that to “nurture is to promote the growth and development of all of one’s positive traits, qualities and characteristics”. It’s during these times that your job seems more difficult but by taking the time to recognize what is happening around you, as a parent, you will be able to accept your job with the care and understanding that you never knew you had.
The summer is here, play with your children and enjoy every minute you have to be that “Nurturing Parent”!