By now most people are familiar with what a life coach does; at least they have a general idea. Life coaches have been around for a little over ten years now and more and more are part of a holistic approach to healthy living. Coaches help us move forward in any area of our life where we might feel stuck. They help us see a new perspective on things. They support and guide us towards a desired goal. It's very popular now to hire a coach to help achieve greater results in business as well as with our personal lives.
What is a parenting coach? Putting it in the simplest terms, a parenting coach helps you with the most important job you'll ever have if you have children. Most of the time they come with a background in education, psychology or some aspect of childcare coupled with coach training. They'll listen to a challenge you have with parenting or series of challenges and work with you to achieve a desired outcome. In most cases parents want their children to stop fighting, or to co-operate with chores better, or to simply do as they're told. Sometimes they're at a loss as to how to achieve a more harmonious relationship with their child or children. Sometimes they're perplexed at the whole parenting role and need general guidance. A parenting coach can put parents on the right track around any of these issues.
What is involved in raising a child? What is parenting? Ultimately, what we want to achieve is knowledge that our children have become secure, loving, responsible and productive human beings. How do we get there? A big part of it is understanding what effective discipline is which is not something we all inherently know how to do. We generally repeat methods from our own childhood which sometimes can be questionable. Other times we're very thankful we were given such good role modeling. Another big part, and some might argue, the biggest part, is how we live our lives. Children learn what they live. They are watching and absorbing everything we say and do. They take on our values and our attitudes. If our life is out of kilter, so is there's. If we are carrying around resentments, our children suffer. If our primary relationship is unhealthy, our children pay a price. If we have difficulty setting boundaries, our children are affected. Every single part of our life has an impact on our parenting.
A good parenting coach not only helps you with alternative ways to discipline without yelling or spanking, he / she will also look at other aspects of your life that are calling for attention. When we attend to those parts of our lives, our children benefit. We all know that when we lose our temper easily with our kids, it's about us, not them. When we get angry over small things, it's usually not about our kids. What we're defining as "bad behavior" often has more to do with us than them. Yes, of course we have to let our kids take ownership for their own behavior. It's not all about us. We do them a disservice though if we do not look deep into what our own core issues are.
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