Content

• Steps
• Part 1 of 3: Get Involved in Your Child's Life
• Part 2 of 3: Maintain a Trusting Communication
• Part 3 of 3: Learn to Change Your Attitude

The relationship between parents and children plays an important role in a person's life. The attitude of the parents refers to the first impressions of the child and sets the tone for all subsequent communication with others. Strong family ties foster independence, curiosity, self-esteem, and decision-making ability. Try to improve your relationship with your child through participation and close communication. Also remember to adjust as the baby changes and gets older every day.

Steps

Part 1 of 3: Get Involved in Your Child's Life

1. 1 Be on the same level. Behave appropriately for your child's age to ennoble your relationship. Teach, work on collaborative tasks, and have fun at a child's level. This will allow you to bond and show your child that you are willing to go to the meeting.
   • If the child is just starting to walk, then sit on the floor and start building a city from cubes. If the child is already a teenager, then play video games with him.
   • It’s much easier to strike up a conversation at times like this than pulling words out of your child at the dinner table.
2. 2 Emphasize the importance of family communication. Show that you acknowledge and respect the child as a person, but also emphasize the family as an integral unit. Communicate regularly and spend time together.
   • Try to have dinner with the whole family every evening, share your experiences and successes of the day. Start attending sports matches together, go to cinemas and museums.
3. 3 Take time to socialize with each child personally. While it is important to spend time with the whole family, it is equally important to pay attention to each child individually. This behavior allows for bonding and communication, as well as developing the personal qualities and talents of all children.
   • Create a common hobby to approach each child. For example, you can take a boy fishing on weekends and play the piano with the girl. Take time during the week to develop relationships with each child.
4. 4 Have an interest in your child's studies, friends, and hobbies. Parents who have developed a good relationship with their children are always involved in the child's life. You won't bond well if you just wish each other “good morning” and “good night”.
   • There is no doubt that an adult is busy with work and other responsibilities, but it is equally important to find time for the child and stay up to date with the events of his life.
   • If you have a free moment, offer to participate in a school event, become the coach of a football team, or regularly talk to your child's homeroom teacher and follow his progress.
   • Help your child do their homework. Rehearse roles from the play. Invite your child's friends to visit.
5. 5 Don't be afraid to fool around. The child should understand that your relationship with him is not limited to strict communication. Sure, kids should feel parental authority, but remember to have fun with them. Cheerful moments allow you to dilute the gray everyday life and are best remembered.
   • Try grimacing and making noise with your children so that lunch or play doesn't seem boring. Start fooling around with teens, tell tales and give pranks.

Part 2 of 3: Maintain a Trusting Communication

1. 1 Earn Trust. It is important for a parent to build a trusting relationship with the child. Trust can be interpreted in different ways by a child. He should know that he can always rely on you in everything. Always keep your promises, keep your word. The child should develop basic concepts of attachment and security that will influence the future relationship.
   • Trust also implies the need to respect the child's privacy and keep the secrets to which you have been told.
   • It is not necessary to believe every word of the child, but it is imperative to ensure the child's right to the benefit of the doubt.
2. 2 Learn actively listen and not be distracted. Parents are often busy. It is important for your child to realize that you care about what they say, even if they are complaining about the same problem in school or peer relationships. Give him your undivided attention. Through this approach, you will strengthen the bond with your child and show how important he is to you.
   • Mute your phone and TV. Don't be distracted to ponder your answer. It is important to listen to the child and understand the train of his thoughts. Turn to face him, maintain eye contact. Use open body language. Don't judge or show emotion on your face.
   • Summarize what you heard when the child has finished speaking. For example, my daughter said, "The whole school is going camping next weekend, and we need to go to this stupid wedding." Tell her, "You seem to be very upset that you can't go with them."
3. 3 Lean on three pillars of effective parenting. Each child may overdo it a little in conversation or actions. An adult should react maturely and calmly to such misconduct. Use the three basic rules of parenting to build and develop a strong relationship with your child.
   • Hardness. Establish consequences for misconduct and follow the rules.
   • Justice. The punishment must be proportionate to the crime. Don't go overboard.
   • Friendliness. Express your thoughts firmly but politely. Don't raise your voice. Just state which rules the child has broken, and also state the consequences. Remember to praise your child for their success and good behavior.
4. 4 Relaxed side-by-side conversations. Children and adolescents are not very fond of talking face-to-face and are easily embarrassed. Try to relieve pressure by talking without direct eye contact. So, ask your son about his relationship with classmates on the way to training. Ask your daughter about your new fiancé as you cook dinner together.
   • Such moments allow you to get to know the child better. For a strong relationship, you need to know each other well, including interests, hobbies, hobbies, and preferences. The situation with parents and children is no different. Take an interest in the child's hobbies without pressure, joke with him and have fun together, but show respect and emphasize the importance of his words. Also share your interests, preferences and life events. Draw your child's attention to your common interests. This will make it easier for him to relax and open up to you.

Part 3 of 3: Learn to Change Your Attitude

1. 1 Review the rules over time and give your child more freedom. As the child grows older day by day, it is necessary to make changes to the existing rules and procedures. The child should see that with age you trust him with more responsibility and freedom of choice. At the same time, penalties for misconduct should also be changed in proportion to the new responsibility.
   • Encourage interaction, learn to discuss rules with your child. Say, “It looks like you know how to follow the rules and always get home before 9:00 pm. Since you grew up, I suppose you can now come back an hour later. What do you think about it?"
2. 2 Involve your child in making decisions. If parents are sincerely interested in the child's opinion, then the feelings of a teenager at this moment are simply priceless. Most parents present their children with a fact and do not allow them to participate in the discussion. Allow your teen to express their opinion so that he gradually becomes an independent person.
   • It is important for teens to make decisions such as clothing, dinner, vacation or travel entertainment. Also ask your adult children for their opinion on family matters to respect their point of view.
   • For example, say, "Son, what movie would you suggest to watch tonight?" or "Do you have wishes for your summer vacation?"
3. 3 Motivate your child to cope with difficulties and strive for independence. A strong bond between you will give your child the strength to accept the challenges of the world around him. Always support and inspire children to do great things.
   • For example, allow your teenager to do their own laundry to get them ready for life while at university. Also teach your child how to deal with bullies and politely defend their point of view in conversation with the teacher.
   • Delegate gradually. Teach your child to solve more demanding problems. Play tense social situations. Share your opinion and help it develop.
4. 4 Open up to your child and show your humanity. As a child grows up, sometimes it is necessary to behave not only like a parent, but also like an ordinary person. This relationship helps children learn their lessons better. Tell life stories appropriate for the child's age to convey your experiences.
   • For example, if you were teased at school too, tell your child about it and explain how you solved the problem.Parents in the eyes of children are strong and invulnerable, so it will be useful for the child to know that you were also teased, but you found a way out of the situation.