by Sherryl Craig

Created on: March 25, 2010

Loving Parents Minus the Parenting Skills

According to the dictionary parenting is the process of promoting and supporting the physical, emotional, social, and intellectual development of a child from adulthood. Parenting refers to the activity of raising a child rather than the biological relationship

Some of us are truly, loving parents. We love our children and would do anything for them, we just don’t possess the logical gene that helps us with common sense parenting skills. We see our children almost as siblings, left to fend for themselves and learn without direction or instruction. We see them as just another person living in our home.

Some parents, no matter their age never understand what is fully needed to raise a child even though they had strong parents themselves. It is a nature born to us. Some of us have it and some of us don’t. That is one of the painful experiences that some parents face. They want to be good parents but just never see it. They think that as long as the child has McDonald's burgers and fries they have been fed or that as long as they have a bath at least three or four times a week they are clean. They know that the child should see a doctor but visits are few and far between and when the kids are home they are sent to their rooms to play instead of spending time with the parent. The parent is a sense is still a child themselves.

The parent lacking in skills doesn’t realize that the child needs interaction on several different levels to grow and mature. Those levels would be intellectual, physical, and emotional.

Some examples would be:

Intellectually the child needs an environment free of fear of abuse or threats and to have the opportunities for learning to read, write and learn social skills to interact with other children, especially when they start school.

Physically the child needs an environment to strengthen their bodies, to learn to protect themselves from dangers and have strong health and to have clothing, food and safe shelter.

Emotionally the child needs an environment that promotes a loving atmosphere that gives the child the comfort of knowing they are wanted and needed, supported and encouraged to hug, laugh and share. They would need to learn to be compassionate to others to care for others feelings as well.

Play is sometimes considered a child’s work, and so therefore includes all three areas of physical, emotional and intellectual developments.

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