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 – Family meetings: The key to making Xmas more enjoyable

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

Christmas can be a wonderful and joyful time for families, but it can also be very challenging. We often have such high expectations of ourselves and of the rest of our family at this time of year – wanting so much for everything to be perfect – that it can be extremely difficult when things don’t turn out in the way we expected. We may find that our ideas about how to celebrate the festive season are very different to that of our partners’. We may have different beliefs surrounding the giving and receiving of gifts, how we wish our children to behave and our parenting values may also clash with grandparents and the wider family.

This is why it’s so useful to have a family meeting before the celebrations start as this gives us an opportunity to establish some guidelines and set clear expectations, which can help to sort out any differences and help to prevent any issues or power struggles that may arise. You can do this by following these four simple steps:

  1. Parents should meet to agree on what they will convey to their children, and be prepared to make concessions if needs be
  2. Communicate your agreed expectations for the holidays to your children in a family meeting
  3. Give everyone an opportunity to express any worries or concerns they may have as this can help to guard against future power struggles and conflict.
  4. To help further strengthen the bond of the family unit, you can end the meeting with a group hug or even a fun Xmas-themed activity.

Family meetings are a really fun and effective way of helping to forge a spirit of connectedness and togetherness and will encourage your children to cooperate throughout the Christmas season. For more tips and inspiration on how you can hold a family meeting, you can read our article ‘The magic of family meetings’ on the Best of Parenting website.

These are just a few examples of our Best of Parenting Tools. You can find more ideas and solutions to typical parenting challenges in our book ‘Kids Don’t Come With a Manual – The Essential Guide to a Happy Family Life‘. 

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Parenting Tip – Family meetings: The key to making Xmas more enjoyable

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

Christmas can be a wonderful and joyful time for families, but it can also be very challenging. We often have such high expectations of ourselves and of the rest of our family at this time of year – wanting so much for everything to be perfect – that it can be extremely difficult when things don’t turn out in the way we expected. We may find that our ideas about how to celebrate the festive season are very different to that of our partners’. We may have different beliefs surrounding the giving and receiving of gifts, how we wish our children to behave and our parenting values may also clash with grandparents and the wider family.

This is why it’s so useful to have a family meeting before the celebrations start as this gives us an opportunity to establish some guidelines and set clear expectations, which can help to sort out any differences and help to prevent any issues or power struggles that may arise. You can do this by following these four simple steps:

  1. Parents should meet to agree on what they will convey to their children, and be prepared to make concessions if needs be
  2. Communicate your agreed expectations for the holidays to your children in a family meeting
  3. Give everyone an opportunity to express any worries or concerns they may have as this can help to guard against future power struggles and conflict.
  4. To help further strengthen the bond of the family unit, you can end the meeting with a group hug or even a fun Xmas-themed activity.

Family meetings are a really fun and effective way of helping to forge a spirit of connectedness and togetherness and will encourage your children to cooperate throughout the Christmas season. For more tips and inspiration on how you can hold a family meeting, you can read our article ‘The magic of family meetings’ on the Best of Parenting website.

These are just a few examples of our Best of Parenting Tools. You can find more ideas and solutions to typical parenting challenges in our book ‘Kids Don’t Come With a Manual – The Essential Guide to a Happy Family Life‘. 

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Parenting Tip – Family meetings: The key to making Xmas more enjoyable

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

Christmas can be a wonderful and joyful time for families, but it can also be very challenging. We often have such high expectations of ourselves and of the rest of our family at this time of year – wanting so much for everything to be perfect – that it can be extremely difficult when things don’t turn out in the way we expected. We may find that our ideas about how to celebrate the festive season are very different to that of our partners’. We may have different beliefs surrounding the giving and receiving of gifts, how we wish our children to behave and our parenting values may also clash with grandparents and the wider family.

This is why it’s so useful to have a family meeting before the celebrations start as this gives us an opportunity to establish some guidelines and set clear expectations, which can help to sort out any differences and help to prevent any issues or power struggles that may arise. You can do this by following these four simple steps:

  1. Parents should meet to agree on what they will convey to their children, and be prepared to make concessions if needs be
  2. Communicate your agreed expectations for the holidays to your children in a family meeting
  3. Give everyone an opportunity to express any worries or concerns they may have as this can help to guard against future power struggles and conflict.
  4. To help further strengthen the bond of the family unit, you can end the meeting with a group hug or even a fun Xmas-themed activity.

Family meetings are a really fun and effective way of helping to forge a spirit of connectedness and togetherness and will encourage your children to cooperate throughout the Christmas season. For more tips and inspiration on how you can hold a family meeting, you can read our article ‘The magic of family meetings’ on the Best of Parenting website.

These are just a few examples of our Best of Parenting Tools. You can find more ideas and solutions to typical parenting challenges in our book ‘Kids Don’t Come With a Manual – The Essential Guide to a Happy Family Life‘. 

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