Parenting Help – Tips On Asking For Parenting Help
Getting parenting help should not be an embarrassment but the reality is, many people, particularly young parents resist the temptation to ask for help.
Why this is so is a mystery because of the dangers of trying to deal with the pressures of parenting alone. These pressures are real and can build to dangerous levels so if you have been thinking of getting a little respite then do it.
Let’s face it, parenting wasn’t something you learned at school. There were no degrees for learning one of natures oldest and rewarding experiences. Mounting pressure is real and either asking for help with certain issues or even just getting advice recommended.
Taking A Break From The Kids
Let’s take a look at some of the parenting help you can get to help release some of the pressures of raising a child.
- Talk to immediate family about helping out with some babysitting duties. I’m talking grandparents obviously but even siblings could help out.
- Consider either daycare or even pre-school.
- Consider involving your child in community run programs. Check with your local city hall or council for extra details.
- Church activities are a great way to take advantage of childcare at very reasonable and affordable cost.
Parenting Information
The above tips for getting a little break from the kids may not solve all the stresses you may be experiencing and are only designed to help you get some respite.
Information and parenting help is readily available today; you just need to ask. For example, the internet is a great point of reference today with many great resources now dedicated to raising children.
Consider enrolling in parenting classes through your local hospital, church or community groups or look for specialist parenting groups within your area. In more extreme cases and you need to decide what level of parenting help you need but counseling is another option and to be honest, it can be a huge help to someone dealing with a problem child.
I have a book out that will help young parents ask for help! Help Is Not a Four-Lette Word: Why Doing It All Is Doing You In published by McGraw Hill. It explores a newly identified self-defeating behavior I call The Self-Sufficiency Syndrome where many of us can’t ask for help, do everything all by ourselves, can’t delegate cause no one else can do it as well and we’re headed for burnout!
Our culture says it’s a weakness to ask for help and many of our new parents have neen raised to believe this. Others have come from backgrounds where they never learned to trust and this severe behavior becomes a safe haven!
I outline where this came from – how it negatiely affects us and what we can do about it.
I also offer a free Tip of the Week from my website – http://www.helpisnotafourletterword.com
Here’s the motivating question for me: Do you want your new baby to live this isolated, severe independence? Or do you want to teach this child to be interdependent – asking for help when needed but self-sufficient to act on their own as well? they deserve to be able to ask!That’s life fulfillment!
Peggy Collins
Speaker, Trainer, Author
http://www.helpisnotafourletterword.com
pjcollins@earthlink.net