The 4 Types of Parent Time Every Kid Needs
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Organizing the job of parenting
Parenting is the biggest, hardest and most noble job in the world, and yet, it comes without a job description. As new parents on unexplored territory we need a basic structure, a menu of sorts to evaluate strengths and shore up weaknesses; to allocate, organize, and monitor time spent across roles and responsibilities.
The first step to organizing the job of parenting is separating the different types of parent time necessary to raise little humans.
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The Four Types of Parent Time
Time-management coach Julie Morgenstern provides parents with a blueprint for parenthood, which includes for aspects of raising a human being. Together, they spell out the acronym PART — as in doing your part:
• Provide (basic needs of food, clothing, shelter, safety, education, money)
• Arrange (schedules, transportation, paperwork, activities, social life)
• Relate (listening, soothing, reflecting, talking, enjoying, playing)
• Teach (values, life skills, self-control, social skills)
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Kids Perceive Parent Time Differently
While parents are well aware of the long hours they’re putting in, each type of parenting time creates a dramatically different experience for our children. In other words, some of the activities you do for your children (Relate, Teach) are visible to them and others are invisible (Provide, Arrange). Also, some of the activities you do as a parent occur in the adult world and some take place in your child’s world.
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The Benefits of the Parent Time Blueprint
Here's how the four part Parent Time blueprint can help:
- It helps you be present. You'll be aware of where exactly you are spending your parent time at any given moment, feeling confident you are investing time in something vital
- Defining the job clearly gives you a way to track and monitor how you are doing and make your own development plan
- It helps you to go a little easier on yourself and give yourself credit for what you do well.
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The key lies in how present and consistent the parent is - not how much time they have.
JULIE MORGENSTERN
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