Parenting

Why do some parents only prepare for new borne babies, but not for toddlers, teenagers, or young adults? Why do we worry so much about the babies? Shouldn't we want to be the best parents all throughout our child's development? I think we should constantly be preparing for every stage of our child's lives. We should never think that our parenting doesn't have to change as our kids develop. We need to change along with them. We can't parent our kids like toddlers when they are almost 18. It just wouldn't work. We need to constantly be preparing for every situation that could occur in our parenting. According to Laurence Steinberg, the author of The Ten Basic Principles of Good Parenting, there are three situations that parents can come across with their children. There are situations where we have time to think before we react, so that we can make good decisions. There are situations where we have a little bit of time to think, but our decision is more on the spot. The last situation is on the spot decision making. We need to make sure that we are prepared for when those situations occur that we will always make correct decisions and not regret anything we say or do. Parenting is very important to a family's happiness.