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Dr. Wally Goddard
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[Title Slide – Parenting Journey – Welcome to Wellness;
Dr. Wally Goddard – Family Life, U of A Division of Agriculture. A Parenting
Journey.]
[Dr. Wally Goddard] You know I think one of the hardest things we ever do is parenting. It is so
challenging. I mean children have so many needs, so many demands and at the same
time, relatively little understanding. So parenting is one of the biggest
challenges we ever face, and we can either see that as very frustrating, or we can
say, hmmm, being a parent is one of the best ways in the world for me to grow
and
develop greater compassion and understanding and more effectiveness as an adult.
And you know what the research says about parenting is kind of different from
our usual ways of acting with children. In fact I like to say that the natural
parent is an enemy to children are automatic ways drive children crazy and
unfortunately they also drive us crazy. So in Arkansas Cooperative Extension we
have created something that we call a Parenting Journey. [Picture showing
Parenting Journey publication] And the Parenting
Journey summarizes the six points that were defined by the federal government in
the 1990’s as the essentials for effective parenting.
[Dr. Goddard] We take each of those six and we talk about each of them. And describe what we
really need to do to work effectively with children. Let me just give you a
quick overview, like for instance, the welcome to wellness [picture of Welcome
to Wellness on the Parenting Journey publication]. [Dr. Goddard] A lot of the things
we do to be healthy and balanced turn out to actually make us more frustrated
and
more stressed, and so we suggest some ways that a person can be a more balanced,
healthy, peaceful person, so they’ll be more effective in parenting. [Picture of
Welcome to Wellness steps 1 - 3 on the Parenting Journey publication]
Or let me give you one more example. Live in love land. [Picture of Welcome
to Wellness step5 on the Parenting Journey publication] That’s our second
community. It’s really about nurturing children. When we show children love and
understanding, it makes such a big difference and yet as parents our automatic
reaction is usually to try to correct and fix and straighten out and even punish
children for bad behavior. And what the research says is that punishment isn’t
always very educational. Rather there are a lot of other things we should do.
And so there are six different areas. Enjoy the view at insight, find your
way to character heights. [Picture of Welcome to Wellness Parenting
Journey publication] These six different areas that are essential to
parenting and each of them is considered in turn in this map and also in this
supporting materials that are available to you through your Cooperative
Extension Service.
[Narrator] To learn more, contact your county extension agent and follow
the links in this section. [U of A University of Arkansas Division of
Agriculture]
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