Are you a strict parent?

My husband says I'm strict and over protective and that I should let my son breathe once and a while, and he's right. I am not strict to the point where I won't allow him to do anything, I do encourage and praise him for what he does and also sit down and have talks about things that I don't think are right. Its more so my tone of voice I have to be careful with at times, as I can get too firm and sometimes loud. I can tell you this much though, he is a happy kid, hardly moans and groans, doesn't cry unless he falls down and hurts himself, and is easy to take care of most times. We are learning about each other every day!

I have the same opinion like . I have a dougther she is small now but i dont think if u area strict parent is good for children

I have only lived with my first and only just for 1 and a half month, youless! after he was born this January. During that I period I had nothing for him except love and care. Children are to be loved and cared. I don't think there is any reason to be strict with them. Giving them love and confidence can be very promising and I believe, I'll chose this way parenting my child. I think children learn from parents. If parents are respectful, disciplined and honorable, I believe children will be like them. If children are annoying, then perhaps there is fault in my training and I should look at myself rather than be strict to children. I hope to follow this way, youless. I truly hope so:-)

Mixture for me, when comes to education/study ... I ensure that they do their work and responsible for it. And, when come to play, they enjoy.

On some issues I am very open and laid back about. On others I am very strict. Being humble enough to appologize to your kids is a very good thing. My father was always quick to appologize when he was wrong. My mom was not and would never admit to any wrong doing. It is hard being a parent. You have to be more concerned at what kind of people they grow up to be than whether or not they will be your friend. You love them and of course you want to be friends with them. There are times that they are going to "hate" you or at least they will tell you that they do and it will hurt and it will feel that they mean it. You need to stick to your convictions regardless and that is very very hard to do. Three of my girls are grown now and we are all very close and yes, friends...best of friends. There were times and especially in their teens that I would not have imagined.

We can be a strict parents according to our childrens. If they are not listening when we told them something that is not good to do we can be strict. However we can vary level of strict. After we got slow talk and abit explanation then they still not listen then we up our voice tone showing that we are angry. Yes, we want give our children the best childhood but these child are going to be an adult in the future so we need them to be a good person.

I am a firm believer of the moderate path. Being too lax and your child might grow up disrespecting the parents and there is a high possibility of improper up bringing. Being too strict and your child will not be able to progress to their inner gift in them as they will always be worried about being punished.. So, yes they need to be placed under control yet be given a free hand to expand their horizon. Being a parent is not an easy task.. many of us learn the hard way by trial and error.. we just need to be prudent is what we do and lead by example.

All the best and good going parenting you are practising,yes i too belive the same as you,yes me too not a strict parent and i always somjofy my kid when he does wrong and behaves stubborn and never spank him in my anger.

I don't think I'm a strict parent either. I try to stay firm with them but we have a lot of fun also. I had friends when I grew up that weren't allowed to do anything. I never wanted to be a parent like that.

The only thing i can tell you, that i have been told before, many times is that you need to make sure you're his parents before his friend. I try to be a good parent but sometimes it's hard not to get frustrated with my daughter - she's still learning but likes to test the waters a few too many times before she listens! I don't plan on bein a strict parent but if i had the choice of that or a parent that doesn't care, i'd go with strict coz then at least my daughter would have her boundaries. Just as long as my daughter learns what's right & wrong & knows what her boundaries are, then i will be happy with my parenting skills!

I am not a strict parent, but I want to know what are their doings everyday, talk to them with their problems, know their friends as much as possible no secrets. But my husband is very strict.