Parenting can sometimes feel like a lonely job. As parents, we want validation whether we are parenting right or not. We also get curious to know –
- how others are nurturing their kids,
- what attitudes they are instilling,
- what kind of an example are they setting as role models.
It helps us improve and grow. So we met 2 parents from the WOW Parenting family and asked them about their parenting strengths and weaknesses and how they are applying the WOW Parenting course.
Madhura Nikhil Sabadra –
Designation – Director in a Private co.
Child’s age – 6 years
What is one good quality that your child has taken from you? – Mannerisms and Perfection towards tasks.
What is the one ‘not so good’ quality that your child has taken from you? – Stubbornness
What do you love about being a parent? – The feeling of giving birth to a soul is just so beautiful.
ONE real life Implementation from your learnings from ‘Wow Parenting’ – I have stopped shouting at my child.
What has been the impact of ‘Wow Parenting’ on you? -My patience has improved a lot and I get so many examples of how other parents are nurturing their kids. It’s a wonderful platform to learn. “Sad Glad Mad” is what we do on regular basis.
One parting shot – The approach of Naren Sir to look at parenting from a totally new level. I feel fortunate to get guidance from such experts.
Meena Mundada
Designation – Founder – The Freedom Park School
Children’s age – 9 and 11 years
What is one good quality that your child has taken from you? – Persistence
What is the one ‘not so good’ quality that your child has taken from you? – Impatience
What do you love about ‘Wow Parenting’? –
- The videos are at my fingertips.
- In moments of distress, I can easily avail help where I don’t need to take any prior appointments. I just need a headphone.
- Being an educator, Wow parenting helps me help other parents too.
- It’s the smartest app on my phone to help solve very important critical situations that can make parents totally relieved. It’s really made life easy as a parent in today’s times!
ONE real-life implementation from your learnings from ‘Wow Parenting’
- I have consciously applied the Perfect Parenting video techniques on and off since I went through it diligently.
- It’s changed the way I handle situations.
- I aim to become a perfect parent. But now I don’t stress about it at all. I do what I can do best and I am good with it.
- I now see things from my child’s perspective and not just mine!
- I do not carry any guilts of my parenting mistakes. I learn and I move on. I see the new day in a new light.
As a person, what has been the impact of ‘Wow Parenting’ on you?-
Naren’s practical guidance and his unconditional love for me because I am a parent has increased my confidence. I do not carry the pressure of being a PERFECT parent. Like any skill, I have realized, I have a scope to make mistakes too. It makes the experience real. I do not need any pretense. I am aware I am not a perfect parent but I can keep working on it under his loving guidance.
I really sometimes feel when parents say my child has this problem .. or my child has that problem… I wonder if the problem is actually with child or parent. Sometimes parents don’t see where they go wrong or how they may affect the child. I was in the same boat. I am not perfect. I have opened up all doors and windows and aim to have a beautiful family.
Imagine that your child has written an autobiography. In that autobiography, there is a chapter called ‘What I learned from my parents’. What do you think will be the main points of that chapter?
WOW, what a question 🙂 too hard to answer but yes
- they may write about how I made them do things independently since a young age which helped them become smarter with their work.
- How I helped them learn to share and understand others emotions..
- How I made them understand that only winning is not important.. the entire process matters equally.
- How life gives us many opportunities and we mustn’t give up.
Now I really wonder what my kids will write. Amazing exercise Naren and Wow Parenting team!! Left me speechless 🙂