Parenting

In my class we have been talking about parenting.  There are many reasons to why we parent. Such things as raise our kids so they can survive in the world, teach, love, and so many more possible reasons.  We all have different reasons, but it should be because we want to and we want the best for our kids.  When we discussed behavior it was brought up that if the needs of a child are met bad behavior will decrease.  Our teacher told a story of a kids who kept chewing and sucking on his shirt.  His mom tried everything to get him out of this habit.  Finally it turned out the kids was suffering from a lack of potassium and sucking on his shirt helped fulfill that need in a way.  Other few thoughts that have come up in class that I liked was that we need to focus on where we want to go as a parent. We need to prepare and plan to be good parents.  Also parents who are confident are consistent with their parenting.