Share your best parenting tips/advice

[willsmum]

Having just scraped mashed banana out of my daughters nose and eyebrows, my best practical tip is to NEVER use bibs that pull over their heads!!!! Yeuchhh!!

[Graeme]

Good advice Wills Mum. I will remember it

I also like the advice to remember that our children are people too (i.e. they're not just kids), so Mumof2girls' advice to listen to our children makes a lot of sense to me.

Graeme

[mumof2girls]

Thanks Graeme knew sometime in my life I would say something useful (haha).

One piece of information that I can give the parents of young children (as mine are a bit older) never take anything your children say and dismiss it. My hubby & I have always listened to our children and never dismissed things they say (& they come up with some great stuff) but we have so much trust between each of us and our girls are so honest & open that they are such a joy to be around.

I know that I ramble on but working in childcare and hearing parents tell their children who they haven't seen all day to tell them later really annoys me as they are trying to share their day with their parents and they just don't listen and if only the parents knew what the children tell us!

We love our children so much and to see them achieve their goals and grow into the young women they are, is such a satisfying experience and believe me it goes all to quickly!