What do you think are the four most important part in parenting?

To be more specific, what do you think are the four most important part in parenting a toddler? I know the most important thing is - love but other than this. For example, is Nutrition important? What else? Thanks for your help!





xx. [B]wendii[E]What do you think are the four most important part in parenting?
Hopefully you're lucky enough not to have a picky eater. Nutrition is very important. If your toddler (like mine when he was one) is a picky eater, make sure he/she gets a multi-vitamin daily (Flintstone with Iron is good.) and make sure the foods he/she eats are mostly healthy. It's also important to make sure your child eats foods high in protein, calcium, and gets juices and fruits that are high in Vit C. These are good for helping him/her grow healthy and strong.





As far as discipline and rules go, you need to be consistant. Toddlers need set rules that don't change - especially for really big no-nos. Time outs worked well at that stage, but as your child gets older, grounding and/or taking away privilages is a good motivator as well. In most areas, positive reinforcement (praising is best) is really good because it makes your child feel that you value him/her. It also helps reinforce what you want your child to do and lets your child know you're glad they made the right decision when avoiding a no-no.





Some people consider holding and affection as spoiling. It's not. Your child needs love and affection - the more the merrier. The only way a child gets spoiled is when you give them everything they want all the time or let them get away with breaking your important rules. If your child throws tantrums, don't give in. Walk away until it's over, even if you have to lock yourself in your bedroom (been there, done that). If you're in a shopping centre and the meltdown happens there, take your child either to the bathroom or car, or just leave. It's not worth it to stay in the shop with a screaming kid.





Then there's the question of development. Some children develop at a faster or slower rate than others. This is where you have to be patient as well as pay attention. You should never force your child to potty train. Just let it happen naturally, but do encourage it and make the potty chair available as well. My son took a long time, but eventually did potty train by the time he was four. If your child hasn't start talking by the time he's two and a half, you might want to have him/her evaluated incase he/she needs early intervention for autism, speech delays, and other learning disabilities. Also remember, when it comes to learning and developing, with small children it's one step forward, two steps back. Just try to be patient and it will happen when it happens. I hope I helped.What do you think are the four most important part in parenting?
Letting them lern, grow in to their own personality


Teaching them whats right and wrong


Caring (food, clothes and shelter...)


Being responsible
1.Time


2.Provide for


3. Educate them


4.Humor and open-mindedness





Above all of course what you said Love!
Patience.





Attention.
Make time for your children by being an active participant in their daily life


Educating your child intrinsically by instilling the right values in him or her and insisting that he get a formal education as far as possible


Screening the child's friends and knowing his whereabouts t all times.


Finally offering guidance daily and backing your guidelines up with the appropriate discipline when needed.
unconditional love, good nutrition, patience and guidance
Love is #1, like you said.





Consistency #2, because your toddler needs to know what is ';yes'; and what is ';no';, and stay consistent.





#3 I'd say Education. I have a friend that does NOT work with her child, and it shows. Your child needs to have advances and challenges to get smart.





#4- Interaction. Pay attention to them. It's sad when a mother expects her child to entertain themselves all day.. you need to encourage play time %26amp; also participate!





nutrition, health, immunizations, protection, patience, and HUMOR (I like that one-my son is so funny!).. they are all important too... along with clothing the child %26amp; keeping a clean environment!
1: Spending time with them


2: Making them happy


3: Giving them good food


4: Giving them healthy and nutrional food
Breast feed and lot of cuddling.
1)give them attention


2)take them to play


3)feed them good quality food


4)read them a story or get one of their teddies and make funny voices with them to make your toddlers laugh =)
keeping them healthy, keeping them safe, patience, and flexibility on the parents part.
well instead of just saying nutrition it would be under health I think, cause nutrition is important but so is making sure they get enough sleep and are seen by a doctor when needed and vacinated as required among other things like hygenie too, safety is a big one making sure your child isn't running out onto the road or opening cupboards that have cleaners in them or falling down stairs etc.., discipline is also a big one they have to learn where they stand in the family and not to let them overrun it, but the discipline plays off of the other 2, cause you make the rules for a reason which is to keep them healthy and they need to learn to respect and abide by it, also education is a very important one, teaching them things about life and acedemic things as well. So lets see we got Health, safety, Discipline and Education. 4 things for ya
to always be there, understanding there needs, never to say i told you so, and to be there best friend
keep them away from harm, love, feed him, teach them
1. Spending Time With Them - Helping them learn, play, etc


2. Patience


3. mnutrition is very important and they carry it with them for life


4. Discipline - they need to know boundaries





All of them are just as important as they other because I think they need everything in balance.
Patience is the big one with a toddler. And nutrition, like you said. Also spending time with them, and teaching new skills. Manners would be my last one. I hate seeing kids that refuse to say please or thank you, or don't share with others. We have taught my son proper manners from when he could first speak, and people are always commenting on them
1, Showing love and affection


2, Taking time to spend with your child to play and teach


3, Learning to listen and to be patient


4, Not being afraid to discipline a child who behaves badly.





And of course nutrition is important-you could speak to a local health care officer to decide on the right kind of diet for your child.
Toddlers = patients


understanding


consistency when teaching a toddler


routine