According to Meghna Singhal, a clinical psychologist, an emotional awareness and the ability of a parent to manage the emotions of their kids are the secret for an emotional intelligent parenting. If every parent have this kind of parenting style, many kids are going to be successful and happy in thier life in the future.
This statement supported by a 2005 study. Based on the findings of the study, children who showed social emotional skills at the age of five will have a lifelong success. They will going to finished thier study and find a good career at the age of twenty five.
Singhal advice that every parent need to learn the emotional intelligent parenting. You can achieved this by having this traits.
Don't forget to take good care of yourself.
The emotionally intelligent parents are the ones who taking good care of themselves because thier thinking is that when the times come the their children has sick or something happened to them, no one will take good care of thier children the way they did. That's why they didn't force thier body to work hard. They eat nutritious food and they sleep on time. They remain fit and they do things that makes them happy without sacrificing the welfare of thier children and family.
You have always time for your children.
Aside from taking good care of yourselves, emotional intelegent parent didn't forget to spend quality time to thier children. Despite of being busy with your work or other things because having a quality time is very important. That's why you need to set an activity together with your children that serves as a family bonding. You can watch a movie together, eat outside or go to the park as long as you family will love it.
You acknowledged and teach your children on how to deal with thier feelings and emotions.
It is important to teach our children on how to handle thier feeling s and emotions. You can do this by also acknowledging and listening to their feelings and emotions. We can also use this as an example to them and able to understand and make the feel that they are important and also thier feelings and emotions. In addition , you can also teach your children on how to engaged to others. For example , everytime you can't able to give what they want. Tell them that you understand what they feel but for now it is not possible to give what they want.
Discipline your children for them to learn.
One of the traits of being a good parent is being a diciplinarian but not in a way that you put violence into it. Instead , show them some rules and boundaries that they need to follow and if time comes that they didn't follow it theres a consequence in return. I'm that way your child will be responsible on thier actions. They will going to understand that every wrong doing has a punishment.
Teach your children on how to be responsible on thier actions.
Emotional intelegent parent let thier children to be responsible in every action. They give freedom on their children to choose what they want while teaching the on how to be responsible. Like on what sports they want to play, in that way you can show your children that you trust them. It will give them confidence.
You teach you child good traits and good manners.
Another traits of being a good parent is to teach them being good too. It is a very important inherit from us parents but you can't do it by just telling them but showing them how to be good mannered.
Above is only few traits of being a good parent.
Source: Psychology Today , Healthline , WebMD
If only my parents would have been like that. I doubt I'll be a parent. I'm too exposed to radioactive stuff