Sweet Parenting

There has been a lot of talk on good parenting still the young parents are bogged down with the responsibility. We are living in wonderful times in as much as every issue pertaining to our life has been fine tuned in to formulated subjects with laid down principles. As such the subject of good parenting has seen a shipload of guide books, a number of institutes and counselors for educating parents.

Even if the parents are armed with the quality knowledge , the little ones who are beaming with energy give quite a straining time to their endurance.The application of the knowledge becomes unbearable amongst the chaotic situations
created by the little ones. The parents get confused, the inability to manage induce guilt and their relationship with the child goes wrong.

For such situations I have an insightful experience. From my early days I had a knack for reading the cartoon strip Dennis the Menace. What did I see ..Dennis a very precocious, lovable kid with a penchant for mischief. What so ever he does leads to trouble despite his innocence. He is very curious but a great nuisance to his parents' neighbor. His mischief has no end. He keeps frogs in his pockets, takes shots with his catapult, loves TV, ketchup, mudpuddles, remains untidy playing with his friends with snow and his dog and hates carrots and regular meals. His father an office goer turns a blind eye to his monkey business as Dennis's mom is in full command to manage him. His father of course loves to take him on outdoors. Dennis's grandpa, a casual visitor spoils him to the hilt. His moms steely nerves gives in sometimes but never does she hurt the devil, rather she applies her mind to a given situation and orders him to sit for time out. Denis serves his punishment sitting on a chair with his teddy bear.

Having watched the strip for a long time, I came to know about the little master's world, his likes and dislikes, his relations, friends, foes even his baby sitter, his doctor and the school teacher. None is spared by Dennis. His mom is averse to picking up the telephone as it rings usually whenever someone has to make a complaint against Dennis.

I enjoyed the strip for a fairly long time. When I myself became a parent the actions of little Dennis started replaying. I was amused to see how all the little ones are alike and so are the parents but I was the parent having the prior intimation what was going to happen. More so didn't we all do the same things which annoy us when done by our children. It was a great relief that when compared to Dennis my kids' misdoings were trifling .

My advice to young parents is that they should always keep in their mind the tips on good parenting so as to remind them and create make-believe world, they may try the cartoon strip I have mentioned above. For making the experience enjoyable a trip to the Wikipedia will be in order.
I must say it was an enjoyable parenting of mine though there was no mention of
the specialised knowledge in those days.