Five Destructive Parenting Habits We Must Replace
Five Destructive Parenting Habits We Must Replace
By Tim Elmore, Growing Leaders, August 30, 2016
Now that my kids are grown adults, I feel more comfortable teaching both parents and faculty the art of leading young people into healthy maturity. Like many parents, my experience raising my first child enabled me to relax a bit on my second child. We tend to obsess at the tiniest quirk in our first baby, and by child number three, we’re not as stressed. In fact, I just read this sequence and chuckled at its familiarity:
•First child eats dirt. Parent calls the doctor immediately.
•Second child eats dirt. Parent cleans out his mouth.
•Third child eats dirt. Parents wonder if they really need to feed him lunch.
After careful reflection and gathering data, I now offer some recommendations on some common parental or faculty behaviors we must replace. I learned these over the years and these shifts have made all the difference in the world as I lead students.
Learn more here:
•First child eats dirt. Parent calls the doctor immediately.
•Second child eats dirt. Parent cleans out his mouth.
•Third child eats dirt. Parents wonder if they really need to feed him lunch.
After careful reflection and gathering data, I now offer some recommendations on some common parental or faculty behaviors we must replace. I learned these over the years and these shifts have made all the difference in the world as I lead students.
Learn more here:
