First and foremost, it is important to recognize that active parenting requires a lot of time, effort, and effective communication on your part. It means thinking ahead about activities that will be fun for both of you and making sure they fit around your other responsibilities (e.g., work schedules).
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Second, be prepared for opposition from your child when you ask him to do something active. Many kids, especially active ones themselves, may not be the most cooperative children at first and are resistant to active parenting because they already have enough energy for 10 children.
Finally, active parenting is not an all-or-nothing endeavor but just one of many aspects of parenting. Even if you can’t manage to do everything you set out to accomplish every single day, that’s okay for millions of parents! You can and are still a successful parent even if you are not achieving all of your parenting goals. This is just one of the challenges of parenting.