What makes a good parent?

Answer 1

always being there for a child, never ignoring its needs, showing affection, and giving it the right balence of freedom and boundrys. i dont have kids but i was describing my father.

Answer 2

Someone realistic and not living in cloud cookie land, acknoweldging their kids will and are growing up and will want to do all the things adults and TEENAGERS (ie they acknowledge the bit between their kid being a kid and it being an adult) do.

And be there for them and prepare their kid...

Ie from as soon as possible...

Teach how to swim, field craft, fight, streetwise, be sneaky when nec, to operate on situational ethics not a set moral code. ie doing the best thing for the circumstances even if breaking normal rules. An adult example is confiscating ie stealing a weapon or crack they purchased with pocket money with no intention of giving it back)... Girls ad guys. Teaching all about drugs (honestly) and sex and so that they know EVERYTHING and don't have to ask whats this and that to strangers in a place like this). And that when they get older, typical teenage activities are better under your roof as a whole lot safer.

Ie realistic, supportinve with a protective policy of teaching how to look after ones self.

Answer 3

I think being a good parent is very hard. We all want to do the best for our children and we never want to make the mistakes our parents made with us. I think that if you love your children and show them that you love them and accept them no matter what, that is the first step. You need to listen to them, don't treat them like small children if they're not. If you tell them no for something, explain why.

I think parenting is mostly trial and error. No two children are the same and the same methods won't work with all of them. All you can do is try your hardest to do a good job. No one can ask more than that.

Answer 4

A child should have a good example to follow. By this I mean someone who can set in the childs mind values that he or she can keep all their lives. Truthfullness, honesty,and being able to be trust and to trust in return. This will set them up for the harder years of the teenager and all the problems that go with those years. And most of all be there for them and just love them!

Answer 5

20 years down the line when your kid looks back and does not detest you, that is when you know you have been a successfull parent.

and my parents are...i love to be their kid again if i were to choose. I may not have lived upto their expectations but i did not turn up bad either. I was raised okay, could have been better but above all the sacrifices they made to live a life again in me is worth the life to live fully..... I just hope one day I could be as good as them if not better...

my love to my dad especially....thanks dad!

Answer 6

well a good parent should be an advisor when the kid needs advice, a teacher when a child needs to learn something, a guide when the kid needs guidance and a friend for the rest of the times.

Answer 7

loving your children, being honest with them, knowing right from wrong so you can teach your children, "making decisions based on their best interest", "not yours like some parents", not ever judging them even if you don't agree with their decisions, telling them you love them, you are proud of them, and they can do anything they set their mind to! Just be the best possible role model you can be for them!

Answer 8

unconditional love and raising them to be a good member of society , with values, manners, and to be a good person. so many people lack these basic things in raising children. I have 2 girls and they may misbehave at times, but they always use manners, to the point people actually comment on a simple thank you or please. why is it that the bad, rude is so common, that people only comment on the good?

Answer 9

a good parent is someone who's able to educate and bring up a good generation of people.

Answer 10

Simple things like :
1. always being there for the child,
2. imparting experience
3. being non judgemental but firm when necessary
4. being a good friend as well as parent
5. and always being supportive

Answer 11

Honesty to oneself and to the child, great ideals along with a genuinely good personality.