INTRODUCTION 

How important is it to encourage your children? Well, it is very important and vital to encourage your child. This fosters the growth and development of their natural talents and abilities.

It is important to encourage regular activities such as; sports, playing board games, card games and any healthy activity that involves indoor and outdoor activities. It doesn’t just teach them how to relate with other kids but also builds their minds. It was found in a recent study that letting your child play is a good way to find out what your child’s talents and abilities are, and also, the child gets to express him or herself in that creative space and find out what they are good at and what they enjoy doing.

By doing that, get a clear understanding of what to nurture and what to unteach your child, assent essentially becoming a positive influence on the child.

Here’s a question: what happens when you’re an inactive parent?

According to a Stats SA study, children with inactive parents are either less likely to succeed or make slower academic progress than most of their peers. To put it another way, being an inactive parent exposes your child to your neighbours’ and friends’ values.

In another study, it was found that children learn differently. Some learn through visuals, others learn through verbal communication, and those unique few are mentally gifted, so you have to learn how your child processes information and find a suitable way to teach him/ her.

Understanding your child’s needs and being an engaged parent will help them come to terms with who they are and what they want out of life. Being a proactive parent in the 21st century will ensure that a parent can identify if their children are the targets of bullying due to the various forms of bullying that exist today.

Does being hands-on always help?

While being hands-on is good, being too active in a child’s life tends to be more destructive than the preferred constructive parenting. A study found that parents tend to live through their children because of their unrealised dreams. This is called projecting, and projecting expresses the desire to achieve a dream or goal you failed to achieve in your youth by imposing the path you think you should have followed on your offspring. 

What this does is derail the child from what he or she should be doing or rather following his or her path where their strength and talents are concerned; in the process, this also hinders children from being the best they can be. 

In conclusion, active parenting doesn’t ensure a child will succeed in life but gives them a fighting chance as they mature. Working together, a parent and kid can teach child manners, respect, and other values they must uphold in their day-to-day lives and pass on to their offspring and grandchildren.