Continuing on with parenting skills, spousal skills and what makes a good parent, let’s speak a little on the concept of feeling grateful. An old story I heard about a younger man, who was having marital problems, asking an older man how he had such a good marriage for so many years, has a lot of meaning. The older man replied “In my day we didn’t expect so much, so we got a lot more”. This is so true. Being grateful, right here, right now is essential in parenting skills and what makes a good parent. Having this mentality helps us to decrease our material needs, which are actually material wants and are endless, and expand our spiritual needs. To be grateful right now requires looking within and using our brain. It is the starting point for coming to terms with who we are and what we have accomplished and how far we have to go. In this self exploration and coming to gratefulness as a conclusion is the greatest gift you can give to yourself, your spouse and your children. Continue reading What Makes a Good Parent, Working and Family and Parenting Skills Part 2

Are you busy these days? Are you working a lot to pay the bills? Are you not working enough to pay the bills? Is your family having challenges because of it? These are the overwhelming issues of the modern American family. I want to give a few pointers today in to how to maybe help a little with these serious issues in regards to how your family holds up. Some of what goes into what makes a good parent is scheduling in your family time.

Let’s start with why you became a family in the first place. Parenting skills and what makes a good parent is all about keeping an eye on the prize. What is the prize? It is recognizing, through all the craziness that is going on all around you, that you are truly lucky, fortunate and blessed to have a family. For this conversation, let’s visualize the last statement to only include your nuclear family. If your bigger family isn’t a huge challenge for you, you can also include your parents and in-laws and cousins. Continue reading What Makes a Good Parent, Working and Family and Parenting Skills