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 Tuned-In parent. As the name implies, these are the times that we are truly at our child’s level and giving them our undivided attention. This allows us to follow his/her lead, see those slight communication attempts, and discover more of what they can do when given the opportunity. This is the most important role you can play as a parent to help your child learn to engage with you and others and increase their language skills. In this role, you will be able to see what interests your child has, what they can do, and what support they may need from you. When they make any sort of attempt to communicate with you, you will see it and be able to respond to them immediately! Now, with all this being said, it is not possible to be this parent all the time. Life is busy and we will all continue to float through the different parenting roles listed above, but it is important that we make time to be the Tuned-In parent so we can support our child’s language and engagement skills!
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! We can all learn a little something about ourselves and how we can better help our kids! Making time to really connect and give our undivided attention is key to connection and growth!
Let us know if you have any questions about these styles or how we can help learn more about Hanen!
~Amber