Parental counselling is a type of service which is provided to the parents that aims to provide necessary guidance, knowledge, tools and most importantly support to the parents without bias or judgment. Parental counselling also offers therapies that help parents to understand their current parenting style and to adapt the important positive conception and overcome the challenges that occur in raising a child. It is also responsible for gaining peace and harmony in a family, with the ultimate motive being the improvement in socio-emotional functioning of the child. It is important to remember that parental counselling is a process, one must not expect the result immediately, yet in some instances parents experience a positive change sooner than expected.
Signs You Need Parental Counselling
Childcare arrangement problems
You find it challenging to help your kids with their problems. You continuously get irritated by every little action of them.
Financial problems
You aren't able to focus on your work and find it hard to manage the hard-earned money. You don't get time to keep an eye over financing, budgeting, and saving.
Marital life issues
You frequently have fights with your partner. There are regular thought clashes between you both, which affect the family as well.
Stressed routine
Every little situation gives you a lot of stress. You lack time management, you sleep for long hours, or you don't even get time to take a nap.
Misunderstanding among kids
If you have more than one kid, then there is a constant misunderstanding among your kids. You aren't able to give attention to both at a time, and because of this, your family issues get increasing.
Poor health
Because of this hectic and unmanageable routine, you don't get time to take care of your health. You always face some of the other physical health issues like backache or headache.
Types of Parenting
Authoritarian Parenting
In this type of parenting, the parents are usually strict. Punishment is common in this style. Parents are less nurturing and the kid has to follow plenty of rules. The kids under this type of parenting have more possibilities of becoming disciplined.
Permissive Parenting
Permissive parenting includes indulging parents mostly let their children take actions according to their own selves. Parents, in this type, offer limited guidance or direction to their kids and are more like friends than parents. They have limited or no rules and mostly let children figure problems out on their own.
Uninvolved Parenting
Uninvolved parenting involves parents who give their children enough freedom and usually don’t interfere in the kids’ way of undertaking activities. Communication is limited in this type of parenting. The kids experience less nurturing from their parents in this style.
Authoritative Parenting
Authoritative parents are balanced in the way of being nurturing and strict. Parents set high and clear expectations from children. According to this type, children tend to be self-disciplined and think for themselves. This style is thought to be most beneficial to children as a child gets a balanced treatment.
Benefits of Parental Counselling
Through regular parenting counselling sessions, you will see that your family gets happier. There is a lot of understanding among each member of the family.
You learn how to manage your time, because of which you get an opportunity to upgrade your skill and grow.
Once your family gets on the track, you will be able to manage your money correctly. You will also learn to keep an eye over your expenses, through which you can boost your savings.
Parental counselling sessions include lots of physical activities, which will help you to remain fit. The chances of getting any disease also decrease, and you become healthier than ever.
Not just physical fitness, you even get mental relief once you learn to manage your family. You get a stress free life and new energy.
Through parenting counselling, you can learn useful parenting tips, which will be helpful in the future too.
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Ekta Dharia
Kanchan
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Ashmi Shah
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Kshipra M
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Reviews & Feedback
Rating
Gurinder Singh
I got panicked while parenting when I wasn't able to handle my child just after its birth. So I decided to go for parenting counseling, now I know my kid better, and it really helped me a lot!
Swati Joshi
I faced a lot of financial problems while parenting. I thought it was just me, but then my friend suggested getting on for parenting counseling, and now I know well how to manage my home and office at a time!
Tanmay Sharma
I met a lot of difficulties while handling my kid. And because of this, I always got a fever and headaches. It affected my health badly, and that's why my mother asked me to do parenting counseling.
Priya Minhas
The parenting counseling I did here was very helpful for me as I learned a lot about parenting styles and parenting tips. It is helping me a lot right now to handle my kids; it's really amazing!
Raj Desai
The counseling for parenting I did here helped me to learn a lot about Indian parenting. I did this session along with my partner, and it was helpful!
Sean Dsouza
Parenting was difficult for me because I barely got time to stay with my kids. But the parenting counseling helped me to get the best of quality moments in a short time.
FAQS
Parenting counselling is a parenting therapy in which both the parents learn to understand their kids more. Also, it helps the parent to cope up with the child-related difficulties they are facing.
You can take parenting counselling just after you have given birth to a new one. The counselling will help you to do good parenting. Either option is when you are feeling sudden problems like stressed routine, poor health, and difficulties while handling your child.
A parenting counselor usually understands your problem and gives you a tailored session in which you learn a lot of parenting tips and tricks. They also help you to manage your family and finances by providing the right direction.