Asking these questions means you are on track to being a great parent. Otherwise you will just end of parenting the way your parents and society parented you- b

Asking these questions means you are on track to being a great parent. Otherwise you will just end of parenting the way your parents and society parented you- but you can probably do better in some way. It was eye-opening to see the difference in default behavior between me and my spouse (she is naturally more empathetic and a lot better with kids) and how that corresponded to our own upbringing. The foundation of good parenting is to have empathy and to be accepting of your children’s emotions. At the infant stage a great resource for this is RIE [1]. You can look for your old podcasts by Janet Lansbury who articulates this approach well. For an older age, the book “how to talk so kids will listen and listen so kids will talk” is a classic. “Hunt, Gather, Parent” is also a great book for understanding this and other parenting concepts in a larger cultural context. [1] https://rie.org/ https://rie.org/