What is your parenting style?

Wow - what a question! I am a combination First and foremost I believe in discipline and rules - I want to make my children be the best peole that they can be - having said that I love my kids very much and think it is vitally important to show them love and affection! I have read books and I traines as a nursery nurse - I also remember what I was like as a kid and know when they are trying to gove me the runaround! lol xxx

every child is different and no book can tell you just how to raise your child. yes they can give tips and information but not all things work the same for everyone. like just talking to your kids and never really grounding or anything. i see alot of peopel doing that and we tried that at one time that went over well NOT. people i know who do that and there kids hit teens seem to be having alot of issues. but it may work for some out there. we try differnt things and if one doesnt work we will try another. our main thing is we listen to the kids and let them feel like they are people to not just kids that have to do what we say. they have shown us that we were wrong a few times lol. we fit the punishment to what they have done. we will talk to them, ground, take things away, give extra chores, spank, sit in the hall, kiss and make up i mean it just depends on what they have done. we do one thing that alot of peopel dont and it workds well for us. it may not for you but us it does. we have open forum 1 night a week. it is where we can all say what we think what is bothering us, what we dont like, what we want to change, etc, we listen to everyone and talk about it. no matter what anyone says they cant get in trouble for it. the kids have fested up to things in this time too and well they dont get in trouble for it cause of the rules but at least we know who did what and can watch for it. lol. my oldest last year got so mad about something i think it was cause we took all her stuff away and bagged it up and told her when she could clean it up she could have it back she was trying that teen rebel thing about her room. that she could have everything back. well she ahted that one. she let us know about it too. we talked about it and we talked and her sister even got in on it and then she used the s word you know sh_ _ well she knows better then to say that but rules are rules and we let it go. you culd tell when she said she was waiting to get in trouble but we told her that was the only time she could do that. i havent heard her say it since lol. it works for us cause everyone is open and they feel like they have gotten things off there chest as well.

To me there is no Parent style I did what I thought was right and I brought my Kids knowing right from wrong and they are wonderful Adults now Being a Parent comes from the Heart there is no book or anything that can tell you about being a Parent only a Heart can

My wife is a strict type while I am the one who is playfull. I had read someplace what if Father is more playfull and one giving lot of physical and mental challanges in form of surprises then kids are better off at handling challanges in life.

In internet terms, it's called attachment parenting. We're very bonded and don't use physical discipline. This is the way I was raised. I don't read books, it's more of an instinct.

My style is more on experience. Especially from my father and my mother's teaching. I'm just happy they are here with me. So I learned a lot too from them. (^^,)

i think i'm kind of old school but i'm pretty flexible. i wing it alot too. i don't read the parenting books at all. i think my parents did a pretty good job with me so i follow their example. i do somethings different then them. so far my kids are turning out just fine. i get a lot of compliments on how well behaved they are. even though my 2 year old can be a handful.

yes.. i'm reading books on parenting and also i'll grow up the children with a mixture of current trends and old.

I think most parenting styles today go into the current trends, for me parenting is like kite flying, you let them fly, you guide them and if they gets loose you pulled them until they start flying steadily again. That's my way of parenting for now...I dont know if this will change in the future, cause I am still 5 years in the parenting world. Good discussion...:)