Hey all! Are you ready to learn more about the different parenting styles?! Now again, we all move through different parent styles at different times of the day and during different activities. However, it is important for us as parents to be aware of our styles we are more likely to resort to in certain situations and know when we may want to try another approach! Hanen teaches that there are 7 different parenting styles!
They are:
In this blog, we are looking more closely at The Watcher Role. Have you ever been playing with your child and they begin to play something and you aren’t sure how to join in? That happens to all of us, especially when our kids may not be engaging with us or we are just tired after a long day. While it is good to recharge and can feel more comfortable to sit back and narrate what they are doing, it is also important for your child to learn from you by engaging with you. Sometimes it is important to allow your child to learn and explore on their own with toys and objects to see what they will do, but to truly learn language, they need to be engaged with those around them!
Again, we all flow through all the different styles during different times of the day, but it’s good to be aware of WHY we are doing what we are doing! Stay tuned for the next few blogs to find out more about the next style and what the outcomes can be! We can all learn a little something about ourselves and how we can better help our kids!
Let us know if you have any questions about these styles or how we can help learn more about Hanen!
~Amber