RATINGS OF FAMILY WELLNESS

FWR Says:  Here are some Parent Wellness Stages

Parents learn by doing. All are at different stages. Here are some stages:

Teen Mother: F

It is not possible to bring up a child in wellness by a person who has yet to find him/herself. The only answer is to find a caring person with lots of parenting experience to be your coach.

Newlyweds: D

Your problem is that you have no experience or training in raising children. Classes, books and CD’s won’t do it. Your big resource is you own family. Pick a mom, dad, grandparent, uncle, aunt - who have the experience. Use their advice.

Young Parents: C

Your learning curve may be starting to dip. You may still be practicing the mistakes drawn from your own childhood. Your children are on upward learning curves. You need to try to keep up with your kids learning.

Grandparents: B

These good folks have learned child raising the hard way, (the only way). They have made mistakes. That is how they learned. They are appalled at some of your styles with your children. These grandparents are a rich resource. They are waiting to be asked. Start taking their “old fashioned” views seriously.

Regular parents: A

By experience, you have learned that parenting requires teamwork. Better to be together, even if you are wrong. You now know that children learn mainly through example. So your first job is to see that you are OK. After that things get to be good.

One good way to check out your child raising lifestyle is the Family Wellness Rainbow. It shows the big wellness features most needed. It shows how to work on your family wellness, one goal at a time.

Please see:  www.familywellnesscybermall.org

FWR Says: Raising children to live well is the parent’s most demanding job