4 Parenting Lessons Enquiry Taught Us Inwards 2016

The start of a novel twelvemonth is upon us together with every bit usual, social media is total of "best of" together with "top 10" posts. In an motion to live on a niggling to a greater extent than creative this year, I'm focusing on information nosotros learned final twelvemonth that nosotros tin truly purpose inwards 2017 to assist our parenting lives together with hopefully our kids every bit well.

Reviewing simply about of the best parenting articles of the year, a few full general themes kept jumping out at me. Here are a few big ideas that nosotros learned from kid evolution inquiry that I shout out back tin assist inform us every bit nosotros caput into 2017.

1. Too much every bit good presently isn't helping our kids' academic growth. Repeatedly this twelvemonth nosotros saw how a force to include formal academics into preschool is simply setting our kids upwards for failure. We convey seen the inquiry on this coming out over the final few years, but I shout out back 2016 was the clearest yet, that academic preschools are a instance of "putting the cart earlier the horse."  Young kids bespeak to live on active learners that engage amongst novel fabric primarily through play, non " Guided play is a perfect instance of this. Adults conduct (not control) the play and kids arrive their ain together with larn through it. 

2. Outdoor play, for kids together with adults, is key. In an era of smart phones together with voice-activated shopping, it's piece of cake to rest inwards your house, on your couch virtually all the time. Of course, nosotros all know this isn't good for y'all for us together with or our kids. Research this twelvemonth pointed out howwired into us from nascence (to simply about degree), but they must live on fostered yesteryear adults for it to grow together with develop. Research showed us this year, that kids alternative upwards on our lack of consistency when it comes to emotional learning. Many teenagers experience their parents verbalize close kindness, but truly value academic or sports achievement more. If nosotros simply "talk the talk" but don't truly "walk the walk," they abide by together with follow suit. 

4. Simplification should live on the novel parenting buzzword. In contrast to what nosotros adults may think, kids truly flourish inwards an atmosphere of simplicity. More than ever, inwards 2016 nosotros learned that every bit good much stuff, every bit good many activities, together with stress-free, but nosotros tin create things to assist our kid larn a slower measuring together with value meaning. One matter I convey learned this year, together with promise to piece of employment out along into 2017, is the value of simplicity. Some days I experience overwhelmed yesteryear the cruel circle that is toys, storage for toys, toys that don't acquire played with, getting rids of toys, etc. When I experience stressed together with the kids are cranky, I know the cardinal is to ho-hum downward together with simplify. Although nosotros simply finished Christmas amongst the usual barrage of toys, I'm trying to brand simplicity my goal for the novel year. I'm hoping to ho-hum down, clear the clutter, together with treasure the fourth dimension nosotros convey together. 

To total up, at that topographic point are a few themes from 2016 that tin conduct us into happy parenting for 2017: playful, outdoors, empathy, simple. These are simply about goals for 2017 that I tin acquire behind.


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