What is your BEST parenting skill?

This is just a free-for-all, a chance to share your greatest success, your favorite tip, your shining moment. We can all stand to learn how to do something better :)What is your BEST parenting skill?
Lots of communicationWhat is your BEST parenting skill?
Unconditional Love.


I love my children no matter what.


I always tried to remember what it was like to be their age and be as understanding and reasonable as a parent could be.
My patience. When my daughter has a tantrum, I don't fly off the handle, even though I've wanted to many times.
Try to be their friend, I did not say their best friend, but try to always want the best for them in everything. Know that their life at school is not a bed of roses, whether they express that to you or not, be there to listen and give lots of hugs and smiles, always kiss them good night and try hard to not yell a lot at them
My son knows he's able to talk to me about anything. I just hope our honest relationship lasts through his teen years.
ive learned that if you simply spank your chilren when thy do bad, youll have a great kid, a opposed to not spankin them and when theyre older, youll either have to beat them or theyll walk all over you.
As a single mother of a 10yr old daughter and a 15yr old son.....I'd have to say my best parenting skill is to talk with my children about anything and everything and I am willing to stop what I am doing at the moment, look them in the eye and listen to them.
A Big Paddle lol.
Being the boss! Just kidding, LOL!


I believe that the best thing that I have done for my daughter so far is paying as much attention to her as possible. This includes answering all of her questions, watching her do something that she wants me to see, showing her how to do things the right way instead of telling her, and always knowing what she was in to at that moment.





I think that my daughter is as smart as she is today because of this. I wanted her to know that I was always there and available if she needed anything, and I was always interested in what she was doing. She still asks questions about everything and I am honest with her.(as honest as I can be at 5)





As parents we have all done things that we regret or wish we had done differently, but this is one thing that I feel is very important to the developement of any child. I am proud of the fact that she knows that I am always there to help her through whatever, and that I love her, no matter what. Whatever I have going on can be put on hold for just a few minutes to let her know that she is special and I care about her and whatever is important to her.
My ability to be ';the bad guy';. My wife is the good cop and I am the bad cop. I figure that one of us has to be the hard a@# so i elected myself to be it.
I feel that my best parenting skill would be always being there for my child no matter what. If it is a bad day or good. Sometimes taking a ride just the two of us to talk or sitting at the table to carry on a conversation and not in front of the TV all the time. When it's silent and they don't have other things to distract there mind they will open up to you if you just listen to them. Always Be there to listen to them be concerned about what they say to you because when they are little they look up to us and learn by example. Always teach them manners and how to respect others.
Be open,honest, and let them know HOW THE BEAR SHITS IN THE WOODS.Be sweet but firm.Just let them know THE RULES.
Unconditional love; even in the face of disobedience and great disappointment.


We need to convey to our children that while we may not uphold them in wrong doing, they always have our undying love and support, no matter what they do or don't do.


If everyone knew they were guaranteed this one sure thing, personal growth and redemption would not be so difficult for so many people when they stray from the right path in life.





Love covers a multitude of sins! God is love. If he can forgive me, his child, anything; so much more should I be able to forgive the child that he gave life through me.





I just don't understand people who withold love or permanently disown their children for any reason.
Mine was always sleeping. When I was sleeping, I could not possibly say or do anything that would screw up my child's psyche.
my shining moment is when I joined yahoo answers





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Listening to my son, and doing all I can for him, whenever I can.
Spend time with them when they are children.





Give time to them when they are teenagers.





Enjoy their friendship when they are adults.
Two really, communication and leading by example.
My daughter is adopted, from another culture. She is the happiest child ever. But it was not always the roses . The best parenting skills I would say I practiced are: honesty, patience, positive motivation, constantly maintaining her self-esteem.
My best parenting skill I think is I get in the floor with my daughter and play the games she wants to play. Or when she wants to be princess I get to be queen. She tells me I have to be a nice queen not the mommy queen.