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someone, please, I mean, I don't need to know because I mean I don't have children. But...what is healthy parenting?

I never realized how unhealthy my parents where until I was discussing things with T a few days ago, and she was in absoulte shock on how my parents treated me. I asked her what was wrong and she said, Parents aren't supposed to act like that. I was like really? no way. and she was like, no they aren't, I know I didn't do that to my children, and I know that isn't right.

So it's left me wondering..what exactly is healthy parenting?

what is right what is wrong?

ty, for responding, this is a huge help, so every response is welcomed.

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((((((((((((( Silversparrow )))))))))))))))

That is a hard question to answer really because there is no magic trick to parenting and there are several methods that are good.
I will say that healthy parenting is making your children feel loved even though there will be arguments things should later be resolved in a way that the kid feels the love of their parents. Another element is teaching good morals because a persons morals really shapes what kind of person the are. Teaching healthy coping skills is also important, this has a lot to do with using good coping skills as a parent so your children can see how it is done so instead of using violence to solve problem a good parent thinks of alternative methods. I am sure that I am missing a lot in my definition hopefully others are able to add more info.

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As for me, healthy parenting means nurturing your children with love. It is as if you are pampering them. It is raising a happy and healthy children which is the most challenging jobs a parents can have. Good parenting helps foster empathy, honesty, self-reliance, self-control, kindness, cooperation, and cheerfulness. It also promotes intellectual curiosity, motivation, and encourages a desire to achieve. Good parenting also helps protect children from developing anxiety, depression, eating disorder, antisocial behavior, and alcohol and drug abuse.

Healthy if you the child is treated with respect and unhealthy if it involves abuse either physical, emotional or even mental. I guess that's all i can say sparrow.

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I don't think there is any right or wrong that you can lay down in black and white. There are some definate do nots, you don't beat or harm your children in any way. No verbal abuse etc. To me healthy parenting is giving your children the healthiest, happiest, most stable home possible. It's being honest with them when you make a mistake and allowing them to make age appropriate mistakes. I think it's also very necessary to keep the lines of communication open with them, let them know that you love them unconditionally and that they can come to you with anything.

Also what is good for one child may not be so for another so you have to keep adapting the more children you have.

[Sannah]

Healthy parenting is meeting the child's needs (not to be confused with their every want). Every child is different so, therefore, there isn't a cookie cutter parenting. The parent has to be focusing on the child and aware of their needs. The child's healthy development is the point of all of it. A lot of our parent's messed up because they didn't get this. They couldn't get beyond their own issues.