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Fifteen Principles of Positive Parenting
from Gene Bedley's book "How To Recognize A Good School When You Walk Into One".

1- Parenting is a process. You never arrive with all the skills you need.

2- Parents are not trained to be parents, kids are not trained to be kids. Kids train parents parents train kids.

3- It is more challenging to be a parent than to function in your job.

4- Parenting is a journey, not a destination.

5- Parents are the most significant influence in a child's life.

6- A parent is the greatest teacher a child will ever have. A parent and child certainly have the longest teaching relationship ever known.

7- It is not a question whether a parent is a teacher or, not, it's what is taught. Parents teach kids a whole new language before they come to school.

8- What you need to learn, you teach your child best.

9- The greatest aspect of learning is through modeling.

10- Parent modeling that includes the unspoken as well as the spoken word is the most powerful force in shaping a child's life.

11- How you spend your time and money tell your children what you value, regardless of what you say.

13- Successful parenting is predictable, reliable and consistent.

14- There's a difference between an investment that sounds good and a sound investment. There's no greater investment in life than your children.

15- Parents that praise their children at least twice a day maintain a positive relationship regardless of problems they encounter.

Behind every successful child is a successful parent. I've never met a good child that didn't have a good parent.


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