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7 Tips to Have a Good Relationship With Your Child

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By Bryan StormyweatherPublished 2 years ago 3 min read
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7 Tips to Have a Good Relationship With Your Child
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The connection between mother and child is a very special one, but to be successful, it must be constantly supported throughout life.

Do you want to have a better relationship with your child? Here are some tips to help you achieve your goal.

1. Spend as much time with him as possible

Once in the world, the baby should become the top priority for you, and if you want to build a strong bond between you and him, you need to show him that he is the most important person in your life. Try to spend as much time as possible with your child, even if you are tired and you feel like putting him in front of the TV so he can take care of your business. Play with him, go out with him in the park, take him to the circus, make him feel that he is a child and that he lacks nothing that could make him happy.

2. Encourage him

As he grows older, the child needs your moral support more and more. If you notice that he has a passion or a talent, encourage him to strengthen this quality. Take him to tennis, football, ballet, dance, piano, or guitar lessons and encourage him to get better and better, because he can. He never breaks his wings, because your gesture can follow him all his life.

3. Help him

A child will need your help all his life, so reach out to him every time, make him feel close to you. Help him to do his homework, help him understand the world around him, explain his perplexities. That's the only way you can build a good relationship with him.

4. Make him trust you

Trust is another strong point of the mother-child relationship, and even if there will be times when she will be vulnerable, you should not set it aside. Don't scold him every time he makes a fuss, because he won't come to you to tell you about his adventures. Rather, calmly explain to him where he went wrong and what he needs to do in the future so as not to repeat the same mistake.

Don't punish him for taking a low grade at school, but try to find out why this happened and explain what he needs to do to fix his problem. With small but safe steps, you can create a relationship based on mutual trust between you and your child, but this means being a good psychologist and maybe even getting on your nerves.

5. Communicate a lot with him

If you want to have a good relationship with your child, you have to communicate as much as possible, you have to know everything that happens to him, both the positive and the negative things. For him to communicate openly with you, you need to gain his trust, so here's how all these tips flow from each other.

6. Discipline him

Having a good relationship with your child does not only mean that you have to pamper him and fulfill his wishes, but it also means discipline and education. Give him the freedom to do various age-specific activities, but don't let it get out of hand. Show him that he needs to be disciplined because that's the only way he'll succeed in life.

7. Empathize with him

Sometimes, to have a good relationship with your child and to understand him better, you have to empathize with him, that is, to put yourself in his place, to think things out from his perspective. In this way, you can find the right solutions faster, which will benefit both of you and help you to be in a relationship of perfect harmony.

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