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TIPS ON DECISION MAKING IN PARENTING I welcome you to Tales by Olola, a blog where we learn to improve on who we are and what we do, thereby living a life of purpose. I remain your loyal host, Olabusola Olorunnowo.  Today's discussion is a follow up on  "Your child& You". I feel there is no end to tips on parenting, however, am sure you will find these article useful someday. *** Parents need to share decision making responsibility: your inability to consult or agree with your spouse before taking decisions may be visible to your children and if care is not taken they may soon underestimate your instructions or better still ask you to tell Dad or Mum first. *** Never chase away your child’s bad friends. Instead nurture them as well. This would further help your children. If you warn your child not to talk to them, there is possibility of your child doing so in your absence. ***You need to always present a unified front before your children

YOUR CHILD & YOU I indeed welcome you to Tales by Olola. A blog where we unlearn, and learn needed facts on purposeful lives. I remain your loyal host Olabusola Olorunnowo, do enjoy your every second. In the course of this research, I realized that some researchers are of the school of thoughts that parents should be friends to their children while some others state their contrary views. To the first school of thought, you should not be a friend to your child, rather you should only be your child’s parent. Maeve Horan opines that “your child needs you to be her mother, not her best friend” and it is to this respect that Dr Stephen Poutter ,The Mother Factor, says  “best friends don’t lay down limits. They egg you on”.  Sarah D.  o n the contrary, Says” “Be the cheerleader not the coach”.  She encourages been your child’s best friend and that it has limitless benefits, which includes understanding your child.  H owever, the supreme irony in all these is that whi