REALITY CHECK: Parents have both a positive and negative influence on their children’s development with their parenting styles. There are seven deadly styles of modern day parenting that we need to tune into because we may be unintentionally inhibiting our children’s well-being by using these toxic styles. 

Reader note: This blog is part three of a series on my The Big Book of Parenting Solutions, written by Sue Scheff, Examiner reporter, parent advocate and author  (Google Bomb and Wits End: Advice and Resources for Saving Your Out-of-Control Teen). I’ll continue to post each of Sue’s articles for you as well as the links. Thanks again , Sue! This brief sneak peek is one of my favorites-the seven deadly parenting styles that inhibit our children’s well-being. 

  As Part 3 continues in my series about Dr. Michele      Borba’s Big Book of Parenting Solutions, we explore    detrimental parenting styles. 

  ”Take a minute to review each style and be brutally honest.   Might any of these be what you’re using as a parenting    approach? If so, here is a crucial point to know: before you   change your child, you must first change how you respond     to your child. Might your parenting approach need    altering first?” - Michele Borba.

Here are the 7-deadly parenting styles with a brief header. You will have to order this book to find out the answers! That is what a sneak peek is. For every parent out there, this is a must have in your parenting library. If only they gave you this book out when your child was born, it could have saved us a lot of bumps and potholes.  

Deadly Style 1: Helicopter Parenting - Hoover over your kids, hurrying to smooth everyone of life’s bumps…. (continued on page xxii in the introduction)

Deadly Style 2: Incubator “Hothouse” Parenting - Pushing your kids into learning earlier than appropriate for their cognitive age and developmental level… (continued on page xxiii in the introduction)

Deadly Style 3: (Quick-Fix) Band-Aid Parenting- Relying on fast solutions to temporarily fix a problem instead of aiming for real, lasting change…. (continued on page xxiv)

Deadly Style 4: Buddying Parenting - Placing popularity with your child above establishing limits and boundaries or saying no…. (continued on page xxiv)

Deadly Style 5: Accessory Parenting - Measuring your worth and success as a parent on the basis of your child’s accolades… (continued on page xxv)

Deadly Style 6: Paranoid Parenting - Obsessively keeping your child safe from any physical or psychological harm… (continued on page xxvi)

Deadly Style 7: Secondary Parenting - Relinquishing your influence such that your children’s world is controlled more by outsiders, including corporations, marketers, and the media…. (continued on page xxvi)

Next sneak peek: S-E-X, yes that dreaded parent/child conversation is here (page 394) - don’t miss this!

For those that don’t have time to read, this is the perfect book for you since it is not the type of book you  sit down to read. As parenting questions come up, you can go straight to the index and find the page number. Immediately you will see the pages divided by boxes, quick tips and advice and easy to read and understand resources. Did I mention she also gives you proven research and statistics?

Previous sneak peeks: (1) Gratitude Recipes: Big Book of Parenting Solutions, (2) Parenting 101: Ungrateful teens and children (3) Seven Deadly Parenting Styles, (4) Sex Talk with your Children, (5)Gifted Children, (6) Money talk with your kids, (7) Oppositional Defiance Disorder, (8) Sibling Rivalry, (9) Overweight teens and kids, (10) Lying

Order The BIG BOOK of Parenting Solutions today! Whether it is for yourself or as a gift, you won’t be disappointed.