Step1
You don't have to be a great parent. You can be a good parent and have a great kid. That means don't think about yourself, think about your child or children. And at the same time-it's the children that make you a great parent, and it's the parent that makes a great child. Let your child grow, and guide them as needed. If they have a question about anything, try to give the best possible answer. Parent's don't always know everything (although some swear they know everything like the bible) If you don't know the answer to their question, help both of you understand it by looking it up in a dictionary, encyclopedia, or on the internet, share your thoughts, let them give their opinion.
Step2
Time, love, affirmation, and discipline are four essential ingredients of good parenting. Time your plans, give firm yet loving affirmation, show you love your children in as many ways as possible, and when you discipline them, do it with love, not anger or hate. Your children will always love you, no matter how you treat them, they will always think of you, they are the only people in your life that will never forget about you. Take pride in your children, they are the ones that make you who you are the older you get.
Step3
Life has periods of unhappiness, children need to learn from them, and from you as well. Reminisce on your younger days, your teenage years, and tell your children about them, remind them that you too were once a child, and the stuff they do now you used to do. Tell them what you did that helped you to feel better, tell them about your bad side growing up, and how you came out to be who you are, and how your life changed by having them. Children are never regretful, they are like magic, and most often save your life. But children are not A WAY OUT. You will raise them from the time they are born to the time you die. Let your child experience pain, whether it be from you (a harsh talk or letting them fail) or from someone else such as a person they really like that turned them down, or a failed quiz, and even peer pressure from people for drugs. Let them fail...but don't allow them to get bad to the point that they cannot control themselves. and again, remind them that once you were little, you did the same thing, and you will always be here to pick them up for better or for worse.
Step4
Step 4 is simply about loving your child. Be there for them, love them, be with them during hard times, keep them safe, but don't keep them from learning about the world.
my son....saying "how"
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