Tag: parenting style

Big Kids

February 24

What Is Respectful Parenting?

This author spoke to 70 parents of successful parents and they had this in common

In this age of ‘wokeness’, navigating the most balanced parenting style can be challenging. Often, we approach parenting the same way we were parented but every child is unique. What may have worked on you before may not work on your children
Real Parenting

December 28

Should You Do Good Cop And Bad Cop In Parenting?

This is why it's important to discuss your parenting style with your partner.

I’ve often been asked by mommies this question: How would you deal if magkaiba kayo ng parenting style with your partner?I saw this question again in a Smart Parenting Confessions post, so I’d like to address this question once again as a
Real Parenting

December 26

What Is The Secret To Gentle Parenting? Connect Before Correcting

The secret to becoming a gentle parent is connection before correction

Parenting, like all other things, is continuously evolving through time. There are lots of available theories, resources and even seminars for parenting nowadays, and one of the most talked about styles today is gentle parenting.If I’m going to be honest with myself,
Real Parenting

December 26

Top 7 Parenting Lessons We Learned In 2022

We were reminded that though parenting may be challenging, it's worth it.

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November 23

Anne Curtis, Erwan Heussaff Parenting Style In Raising Dahlia

The actress-TV host is also a longtime UNICEF celebrity advocate for children.

Anne Curtis may have been born and given birth in Australia, but the Philippines will always be home to her, her Filipino-French husband Erwan Heussaff and their 2-year-old daughter Dahlia Amelie.The actress-TV host says her daughter "will grow up naturally knowing" the
Real Parenting

October 27

What To Do When Parenting Styles Differ Between Partners

She tries gentle parenting but her husband believes only in traditional parenting.

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Real Parenting

October 13

How Camille Prats Is Choosing A Different Parenting Style From How She Was Raised

She wasn’t embarrassed to admit that back when she was a first-time mom, ‘I was super litong-lito’

How do you parent a pair of teenagers and a pair of toddlers? For Camille Prats, Smart Parenting’s September-October cover parent, it wasn’t always a walk in the park. In Smart Parenting videos and even Camille’s social media channels, it may appear that
Real Parenting

August 5

How Did Rica Peralejo Learn To Be A Calmer Parent?

“I knew it wasn’t normal to get angry this often and it wasn’t good for my children to be growing up with that kind of attitude from me,” says the mom of two.

If it were only that easy to rein in our temper, mommy guilt would not exist in this world. But, as they say, we are only human and there are times when we can’t help but lose it, especially when our little
Real Parenting

July 21

Traditional Parenting versus Gentle Parenting

Parents talk about why they choose their parenting style and its misconceptions

Gentle or traditional parent ka ba? Ano ba yung difference? Madaming misconceptions for both styles–and it can be hard to decide what kind of parent you want to be.The term traditional conjures up an image of a because-I-said-so parent, punishment, and discipline
Parents

June 9

This Mompreneur Helps Moms 'Flaunt And Style While Breastfeeding'

Her purpose is to help moms breastfeed in style.

This story is part of Smart Parenting's new advocacy, For Parents, By Parents, which aims to help newbie mompreneurs and dadpreneurs promote their products and services to our parenting communities. Do you have great products or services for moms, dads, or kids
Tweens & Teens

May 22

What You Need To Know About Intensive Parenting

Filling up your child's schedule and making sure summer is not wasted? Here's why that might create adverse effects.

Parenting styles have evolved from generation to generation and just in our lifetime we’ve encountered several, some of which made us rethink the way we parent our children.In 1969, the term 'helicopter parenting' was used for the first time to refer to
Real Parenting

March 8

I'm Not A Gentle Parent, Am I Bad?

'Parang feeling ko hindi ko napapalaki ng tama anak ko kasi hindi ako gentle'

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Preschooler

February 23

3 Gentle Parenting Myths Debunked and The Truths Behind Them

The word 'gentle' in the parenting philosophy is often misunderstood and skeptics assume it means being permissive

Allowing your child to do anything he or she wants to do is a big no for every parent. We know kids need and benefit from authority figures. For many of us who were raised to follow first and ask questions later,
Real Parenting

November 29

Mom Shares Benefits Of Gentle Parenting

Gentle parenting is beneficial not only to kids but to parents too.

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November 26

Meryll Soriano Opens Up About Raising Her Kids

Meryll says she wants her kids to grow up in an encouraging environment.

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Toddler

July 3

Gentle Parenting Style | Smart Parenting

Gentle parenting requires parental self-control.

In a piece in The Conversation, Bernadette Saunders described positive discipline. Parents who practise positive discipline or gentle parenting use neither rewards nor punishments to encourage their children to behave.By “no rewards” I mean they don’t use charts or “bribes” such as
Preschooler

July 1

Signs Of Overparenting To Watch Out For

Constant hovering can hold your kids back from achieving their full potential.

Parents will always have good intentions for their kids, which is why they tend to shower their kids with a lot of love and affection and feel the need to protect them. While this is not necessarily a bad thing — it’s
Real Parenting

March 13

Derek Ramsay Hopes To Teach Son The Values Unique To Pinoys

His son Austin, who had been based in Dubai, has been with him during quarantine

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Toddler

March 13

What Is Emotionally Dismissive Parenting?

Minsan may mga nasasabi tayo sa mga anak natin na hindi natin alam ay nakakasama pala.

May kasabihan na "Sticks and stones may break bones, but words can shatter the soul." Ibig sabihin, bagaman masakit ang mga pisikal na galos, wala pa ring makakatalo sa negatibong epekto ng mga masasakit na salita.Pagdating sa pagiging magulang, kailangang mahanap mo
Toddler

February 26

Attunement Parenting: What Happens When You Overdo It

How to protect yourself from the self-loathing that your child's whining sparks

We often talk about proud mommy moments when we do things that make us feel like "supermom." But we can’t possibly be supermom all the time.In our whispered conversations, we confess about hiding in the bathroom just to get a few minutes

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