Snowplow Parenting vs. Conscious Parenting

Conscious parenting has been making the rounds on social media and whenever it shows up on your feed, there are typically comments below saying that we are raising a soft generation. Is this true? As a parent of five children, Kamini shares her perspective as to why conscious parenting should be the status quo and status norm for how to raise emotionally stable and regulated children.    Kamini is a wiser parent today than she was 22 years ago when she had her first child. Now, upon reflection, she 100% agrees with her children that she treats the youngest (15) completely differently than the way the others were raised, but hey, that’s part of growth and development as a parent. We have to be willing to look at our own actions and see where we can be better; for the sake of our children.    Now, let’s talk about parenting styles. Snowplow parenting is a parenting style where the parent will typically remove all sorts of obstacles and challenges out of their child’s way so as to not hurt them or provide them with setbacks. This allows the child to complete a task successfully without many challenges, and it gives them a bit of encouragement and hope for tasks they might already be feeling insecure about. Although it sounds great in practice, this can set up your child for long-term failure and inability to handle adversity.  Continue Your Growth Journey: Kaminiwood.com