what do quality do think make a good parent?

Question

what do you think is our downfall, in dicipline in our children?

Answer 1

Loving caring supportivte and lots of patience and not to be afraid to discipline either. Children want limits set ...they do much better when they have rules. Parents must be Consistent with discipline...its tough not to give in but if we want their respect we have to follow the rules we set for them.
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Answer 2

Warmth and consistency. The downfall with discipline is lack of consistency. Consistent discipline with warmth is what makes a good parent.

Answer 3

Loving, Nurturing, has routines, pays attention to hygeine, plays with their kids, makes a point to encourage learning, honesty, discipline.

Downfalls include not following through on discipline, loosing our tempers too easily and yelling at them (this is something I am ashamed to say I do).

Answer 4

Consistency is the key to good parenting! And keep those lines of communication open.

Answer 5

Do not give in to whining or bad behavior ever.
Always show love even when you a mad as hell.
Always forgive and demonstrate forgiveness.
Personally I spank but only rarely for big and repeat offences.
It is more effective if you don't do it often.

Answer 6

People are affraid of the disipline it self because they dont want to go to jail. but you dont have to hit the children to get through to them just under stand them better.

Answer 7

Consistency is a big one but above all unconditional love.

Answer 8

we let things go to easily or we try to make a rule one day and then ignore it the next