5 Key Parenting Decisions

At the core of the Parenting On Track™ Program are 5 key parenting decisions I made, in part, because of an overload experience I had at the bookstore, looking for my first parenting book. Feeling overwhelmed and confused, I left empty handed and vowed to spend the next several weeks deciding for myself what was most important to me when it came to raising kids and what kind of mom I wanted to be and to become.

Here is a short video explaining the 5 key parenting decisions that I made as a new mom.

After I left the bookstore, feeling overwhelmed, there was this one thought that kept playing at the front of my mind – “I know one thing for sure – I am not willing to spend 18 years fighting with my kids. Not going to do it.” But knowing I wasn’t going to fight with my kids wasn’t enough. I had to figure out what I was going to do instead. That was my launching off point. If not fighting – then what?

I have to admit, that I did not come to these 5 key decisions on my own. I not only sought the counsel of moms and dads that I respected, because they had experience raising kids beyond toddler-hood, I also observed the interaction between parents and children in public places which provided me with a birds-eye-view of what I wanted and what I didn’t want when it came to a parent/child relationship.

These 5 key decisions will help you gain valuable insight that will shift your perspective on parenting and ultimately your role as a parent and foster a mutually respectful parent/child relationship. The best part is you decide how you want to apply this new insight to your vision for your family life.

• Decision 1: To invest my time and energy in learning and implementing Relationship Strategies. Read more.
• Decision 2: To use Discipline Strategies to help my kids develop self-discipline. Read more.
• Decision 3: To remain emotionally available to my kids. This meant I could not be the maid, because I couldn’t do both. Read more.
• Decision 4: To adequately represent to my children, what they could expect from the outside world if they behaved in certain ways. Read more.
• Decision 5: To remember at all times that parenting is about what happens in the lives of our kids between 18 and 80, not what happens behind closed doors when the kids are between 0 and 18. Read more.

Learn more about the Parenting On Track™ Home Program and see how these decisions can impact your family!