Personal Narrative Parenting

Anna is now 8 years old and has successfully complete 2nd grade, at this time, she’s getting anxious for school to end as she’s looking forward to the upcoming summer break to get a chance to relax and hang out with her friends. Anna has grown in so many ways, both emotionally and intellectually, in terms of emotional development, it has been about two years since I ended my relationship with my ex-partner, and Anna has been adjusting a lot better at home. When the relationship initially ended, I still continued to speak to my ex-partner often about the kids when decisions were to be made, for the sake of our kids with occasional arguments on the side lines. At this point, Anna began to blame herself for the way things ended, so to help her emotional health and to help increase her self-esteem, I brought her to therapy sessions to deal with her anxieties and fears.

When they finally reach that point, they realize they have gone too far. (Kolari, 2009). They act this way to find out how much power you’re willing to give them, with their ultimate goal of finding out the point where you will no longer tolerate their acting out/behaviour. After noticing this happening a couple of times, I’ve implemented and went over house-hold rules with Anna. To be an effective and connected parent to her, I followed the parenting technique that holds two parts; the first step is to connect and strengthen the attachment with Anna, and the next one is to let my child know what’s okay and what isn’t, and that there are consequences for negative behaviours. (Kolari, 2009). I made a chart with the list of chores for everyone in the house, and when they are done, it has to be checked off on the list. I give Anna allowance ranging from 0 to nine dollars based on the work completed to encourage this behaviour. By doing this, I’m teaching her that she has responsibilities that has to be fulfilled and that there are consequences when things are not fulfilled and completed to the