Lockdown Lives: 14 reminders to keep your cool when parenting

Very short and powerful statements for those times when you are frustrated with the kids in lockdown

Lockdown presents bigger challenges to parents in creating a harmonious environment when families are staying indoors for longer than usual

Losing our rag for whatever reason can happens to even the best of us, and children can become easy targets to vent out on.

Unfortunately resorting to smacking or fear of heavy-handed punishment is still prevalent and we need to address how to improve the quality of our parenting.

In order to emulate the practices of the Prophet, who never raised his hand against any children.

Here are some snippets to ponder on and taken from a much larger pdf which explains the matters in more detail. Link in the further reading section.


1. Praise children, even for the little things they do.


2. Reward positive behaviour and consider asking what would be a good reward.


3. Avoid making rash decisions when you’re angry.


4. Smacking is never a good idea

5. Smacking can hurt children’s feelings – making them resentful and angry, and damaging the relationship between parent and child.

6. Smacking makes parenting and discipline harder in the long run, not easier.

7. Smacking can get out of control.

8. If you smack your child, they may think this is acceptable behaviour and treat other people in the same way.

9. Children may avoid being smacked by lying or hiding how they feel. And they may become withdrawn – not developing independence.

10. When you give out love, you get it back. When you give out harsh punishment – screaming, yelling or hitting – this means you are eventually likely to get anger and resentment back.

11. Find the right balance of rewards and discipline.

12. Talk to your child about the rewards and consequences of their behaviour, and do it before rather than after.

13. Take time to really listen to what your children are saying and explain to them what you are feeling.


14. Be a role model and don’t do things that you wouldn’t want your children to do.

Tips for talking to our children

Sources/further reading

https://learning.nspcc.org.uk/media/1195/positive-parenting.pdf

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