Attachment parenting is a life long parenting philosophy. A respectful parenting style can continue beyond the baby and toddler years of babycarrying, breastfeeding and co-sleeping. As the physical contact between parent and child lessons, the main connection is now in building communication, empathy and problem solving skills between parent and child, as well as family traditions and having fun together.

How to Attachment Parent Older Children by Applying the 8 Ideals

• Prepare for Parenting
  

  Understand and seek out information on development. Know the social, emotional, cognitive and physical limitations of your child at each stage of childhood. Learn about how the brain develops and effective, respectful parenting for each stage of parenting preschoolers, school-agers, teens, and emerging adults.

• Feed with Love and Respect
  

  Avoid power struggles at meal times. Understand the feeding relationship and the different roles of parents and children.

• Respond with Sensitivity
  

  Avoid ignoring your child even when you are feeling angry. Use time-in. She needs hugs, encouragement, and comfort in times of distress just as she did as a baby. Get yourself calm, then get your child calm, then solve the problem. Learn empathic listening skills which are more required the older your child gets.

• Use Nurturing Touch
  

  Keep up loving non-sexual touch such as hugs, cuddles, holding hands, shoulder pats, and sitting together.

• Ensure Safe Sleep Emotionally and Physically
  

  Continue family bedrooms even in the school-age years if it works for all family members. Problem-solve bedtime issues. Be open to unique arrangements.

• Provide Consistent and loving care
  

  Aim for consistency at least 70% of the time. We are human and not 100% perfect!

• Practice Positive Discipline

Use distraction, modelling, childproofing, I-statements, active listening, and problem-solving. Have more family meetings as your child gets older. Avoid all "punishment-lite" methods such as time-out, grounding, with-drawel of privileges, and taking things away. Resolve conflicts respectfully as you would with any other person.

• Strive for Balance in Personal and Family Life

Find time to meet your varied needs at the same time as your childs. You are important too!

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Plugged-In Parenting: Connecting with the Digital Generation for Health, Safety and Love

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Plugged-In Parenting: Connecting with the Digital Generation for Health, Safety and Love

Connect with Your Digital Child While Keeping Them Safe, Healthy and Happy!

Includes strategies and information on the most challenging situations in raising digital kids. Also Includes 6 vignettes demonstrating Problem-Solving, Acknowledging Feelings, and more!

Content Details

PART ONE - MEDIA IS THE OTHER PARENT

• 6 Major changes to family lifestyle since the electronic revolution
• What is "screen time"?
• 5 Essential parenting pointers to keep kids connected and safe
• 7 Keys for a balanced life
• 6 Warning signs of obsession
• 8 Fears of parents and 8 needs of children
• ERSB Entertainment Software Ratings Board Codes
• 14 Cybersafety recommendations
• 20 Academic, social and life skill benefits of the internet and video/computer games

  PART TWO - TEACHING DIGITAL INTELLIGENCE

• Babies and Toddlers - Brain development, usage, parents' role, safety tips, how to reduce screen time, and experiential learning
• Preschoolers - Development, usage, parents' role, safety tips, how to reduce screen time, learning styles, acknowledging feelings, advertising, and virtual worlds
• School-Agers - Development, usage, parents' role, safety tips, how to reduce screen time, sibling fighting, online learning, inactivity, overeating, cyber-bullying, netiquette, critical thinking, surveillance programs, and luring protection
• Teenagers - Development, usage, parents' role, safety tips, how to reduce screen time, one-time consultation, sharing values, boundaries, online learning
• Be a Part of Their World - The most important gift that children need and can't be provided virtually

Parents and children today face very different challenges from those faced by the previous generation. Today's children play not only in the sandbox down the street, but also in the World Wide Web, which is too big and complex for parents to control and supervise. As young as age two, your children can contact the world and the world can contact them. A strong bond between you and your child is critical in order for your child to regard you as their trusted advisor.

Reviews

"I was quite impressed with Plugged-In Parenting: Connecting with the Digital Generation for Health, Safety and Love. The fact that you have devoted this kind of focus to the issue of digital technology as it relates to the parent/child relationship is amazing in itself. I liked how you wove the PET- Parent Effectiveness Training philosophy and skills throughout the video. I thought you made a very good case about respectful relationships and what makes them work. You made a very credible and strong case against punishment and an effective case for problem-solving instead. I especially like your focus on influence and how parents gain and keep it and how they lose it. That's a powerful message."

Linda Adams, President, Gordon Training International Parent Effectiveness Training, P.E.T.

"Offers many tips, ideas and strategies for parents to limit the amount of computer and video gaming, but in a respectful, caring and connecting way."

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