Sharing The Best Resources & Tools

CAROLE AND NADIM SAAD, CO-FOUNDERS OF BEST OF PARENTING

As the parents of three children, struggling like so many others to find a balanced and effective parenting style, we turned away from all the parenting fads and studied the hard scientific evidence on what really works. The techniques we learnt were so life changing, yet so straightforward, that we made it our mission to convert them into powerful step by step tools and make them available to parents world over. Read more about the philosophy behind Best of Parenting.

Sharing The Best Resources & Tools

CAROLE AND NADIM SAAD, CO-FOUNDERS OF BEST OF PARENTING

As the parents of three children, struggling like so many others to find a balanced and effective parenting style, we turned away from all the parenting fads and studied the hard scientific evidence on what really works. The techniques we learnt were so life changing, yet so straightforward, that we made it our mission to convert them into powerful step by step tools and make them available to parents world over. Read more about the philosophy behind Best of Parenting.

Parenting Tip – Parenting Lessons from the World of Leadership

December 1st, 2013 | 3 to 6 years | Short Tips and Quotes | Parenting tips

In celebration of the launch of our new book The Working Parents’ Guide to Raising Happy and Confident Children, in this week’s tip we’d like to briefly touch on how the best practices from the world of leadership can help to make us better parents. Because whether we happen to be aware of it or not, all parents are leaders for the simple fact that we are raising a generation of children who will become the leaders of the future.

Former US president, Dwight D. Eisenhower defined leadership as being the “Art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it”. What’s remarkable about this quote is that it applies as much to parenting as it does to leadership, because isn’t this exactly what we are trying to achieve with our children every day?

The problem is that as parents, we’re often so preoccupied with trying to juggle so many things at once that we rarely get an opportunity to step back and see ‘the bigger picture’. So today’s tip is about making a conscious effort to focus on what is really important, which is ultimately to keep a strong connection with our children. If we manage to let go of the nagging, lecturing, yelling, rewarding/bribing and punishing, this will enable us to keep this connection and continue influencing them as they grow up.

A great way to do this is to ask our children more questions such as:

  • “What are you supposed to do now”, instead of “Go brush your teeth!”, or
  • “What are you going to do about this?”, instead of “I can’t believe you spilled your juice again, go get a cloth to clean this up!”, or
  • “How do we do things in this house?”, instead of lecturing them about all the house rules that they should already know.

This allows us not to repeat ourselves all the time by and gives children the opportunity to be more responsible.

If some challenges do arise – as they are likely to, remember that you have the choice of reacting more effectively by using some of our more practical and effective tools described in this app, in our books and on our website www.bestofparenting.com where we just published an inspirational article on what parenting and leadership have in common.

If you’re curious to have a look at The Working Parents’ Guide, you can find it on Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com.

 

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Parenting Tip – Parenting Lessons from the World of Leadership

December 1st, 2013 | 3 to 6 years | Parenting tips

In celebration of the launch of our new book The Working Parents’ Guide to Raising Happy and Confident Children, in this week’s tip we’d like to briefly touch on how the best practices from the world of leadership can help to make us better parents. Because whether we happen to be aware of it or not, all parents are leaders for the simple fact that we are raising a generation of children who will become the leaders of the future.

Former US president, Dwight D. Eisenhower defined leadership as being the “Art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it”. What’s remarkable about this quote is that it applies as much to parenting as it does to leadership, because isn’t this exactly what we are trying to achieve with our children every day?

The problem is that as parents, we’re often so preoccupied with trying to juggle so many things at once that we rarely get an opportunity to step back and see ‘the bigger picture’. So today’s tip is about making a conscious effort to focus on what is really important, which is ultimately to keep a strong connection with our children. If we manage to let go of the nagging, lecturing, yelling, rewarding/bribing and punishing, this will enable us to keep this connection and continue influencing them as they grow up.

A great way to do this is to ask our children more questions such as:

  • “What are you supposed to do now”, instead of “Go brush your teeth!”, or
  • “What are you going to do about this?”, instead of “I can’t believe you spilled your juice again, go get a cloth to clean this up!”, or
  • “How do we do things in this house?”, instead of lecturing them about all the house rules that they should already know.

This allows us not to repeat ourselves all the time by and gives children the opportunity to be more responsible.

If some challenges do arise – as they are likely to, remember that you have the choice of reacting more effectively by using some of our more practical and effective tools described in this app, in our books and on our website www.bestofparenting.com where we just published an inspirational article on what parenting and leadership have in common.

If you’re curious to have a look at The Working Parents’ Guide, you can find it on Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com.

 

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Parenting Tip – Parenting Lessons from the World of Leadership

December 1st, 2013 | 3 to 6 years | Short Tips and Quotes | Parenting tips

In celebration of the launch of our new book The Working Parents’ Guide to Raising Happy and Confident Children, in this week’s tip we’d like to briefly touch on how the best practices from the world of leadership can help to make us better parents. Because whether we happen to be aware of it or not, all parents are leaders for the simple fact that we are raising a generation of children who will become the leaders of the future.

Former US president, Dwight D. Eisenhower defined leadership as being the “Art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it”. What’s remarkable about this quote is that it applies as much to parenting as it does to leadership, because isn’t this exactly what we are trying to achieve with our children every day?

The problem is that as parents, we’re often so preoccupied with trying to juggle so many things at once that we rarely get an opportunity to step back and see ‘the bigger picture’. So today’s tip is about making a conscious effort to focus on what is really important, which is ultimately to keep a strong connection with our children. If we manage to let go of the nagging, lecturing, yelling, rewarding/bribing and punishing, this will enable us to keep this connection and continue influencing them as they grow up.

A great way to do this is to ask our children more questions such as:

  • “What are you supposed to do now”, instead of “Go brush your teeth!”, or
  • “What are you going to do about this?”, instead of “I can’t believe you spilled your juice again, go get a cloth to clean this up!”, or
  • “How do we do things in this house?”, instead of lecturing them about all the house rules that they should already know.

This allows us not to repeat ourselves all the time by and gives children the opportunity to be more responsible.

If some challenges do arise – as they are likely to, remember that you have the choice of reacting more effectively by using some of our more practical and effective tools described in this app, in our books and on our website www.bestofparenting.com where we just published an inspirational article on what parenting and leadership have in common.

If you’re curious to have a look at The Working Parents’ Guide, you can find it on Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com.

 

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