Parent-Child Relationship - How To Ensure It?

Parenting is an art, while some are natural at it others would have to learn about it in order to fare better. In any case, equipping yourself with the relevant knowledge can help you in the process. Especially, if you feel your child is disconnected or throwing tantrums lately, it is time you recognize the signs and focus on strengthening your relationship with your kid.

Here is a brief insight on how to navigate such a challenging scenario successfully.

1. Spending quality time with your child: Quality time refers to the time spent with your child in some way important. It is time that is set aside for paying full and undivided attention to your child. According to psychologists spending quality time with your kids is of great importance as it helps in strengthening the bond between you and your kid, understanding your child better and making your child feel important and loved. The behavioral issues your child is showing maybe because of that he or she wants more of your time.
2. Positive reinforcement for promoting good behaviors: As a parent, it is very natural to want your child to be obedient and devoid of bad behaviors. 
3. Ignoring negative behaviors to obliterate them: Sometimes, as a parent, you need to overlook the mistakes or bad behaviors shown by your kid to annihilate them. This means, scolding your kid upon a failure or discouraging him that he is not good enough as he lacks good behavior can do mental damage to your kids and in no way can make them a better person. Sometimes, ignoring a few of their mistakes, failures or bad behavior can help them in overcoming their drawbacks.
4. Understanding psychosexual stages of childhood: According to psychologists, it is the initial five years of a child's life that plays a crucial role in forming his or her adult personality. As a child continues to grow, both tension and pleasure grow with it depending on the discharge of all the accumulated sexual energy or libido. Since, psychosexual stages of a child matter gravely in his or her personality development, understanding it becomes crucial for parents for improving the quality of your relationship with their children.

Ensuring a functional and healthy relationship between you and your child is the best way to boost the sense of commitment, consideration, communication, and cooperation. Also, a healthy connection between you and your child can help in reducing conflicts and stress while encouraging the young minds to make healthy choices in life and set strong individual values.