Good Enough Parenting by Helena Last https://padlet.com/helenalast19/za97qf6zi7scwjry Group Work - Clare, Helena, Lesley and Natalie en-us 2021-04-27 10:22:35 UTC 2025-05-21 15:21:38 UTC hello@padlet.com Meeting children's health and development needs helenalast19 https://padlet.com/helenalast19/za97qf6zi7scwjry/wish/1463636217 2021-04-27 10:24:03 UTC https://padlet.com/helenalast19/za97qf6zi7scwjry/wish/1463636217 Putting children's needs first helenalast19 https://padlet.com/helenalast19/za97qf6zi7scwjry/wish/1463638722 2021-04-27 10:25:11 UTC https://padlet.com/helenalast19/za97qf6zi7scwjry/wish/1463638722 Providing routine and consistent care helenalast19 https://padlet.com/helenalast19/za97qf6zi7scwjry/wish/1463639426 2021-04-27 10:25:33 UTC https://padlet.com/helenalast19/za97qf6zi7scwjry/wish/1463639426 Acknowledging problems and engaging with support services helenalast19 https://padlet.com/helenalast19/za97qf6zi7scwjry/wish/1463640325 2021-04-27 10:25:58 UTC https://padlet.com/helenalast19/za97qf6zi7scwjry/wish/1463640325 Importance of parenting and the needs of children. Importance of parenting and the needs of childrenIt is generally accepted that the needs of children are at their most intense in the first five years of life when they are at their most dependent on parent figures for physical and emotional nurture and protection. Good enough parenting delivered consistently over this critical period enables attachment and fosters the child’s sense of basic security, which is essential for subsequent mental health and self esteem. Once acquired, these attributes constitute a firm foundation for the rest of childhood and adult life. helenalast19 https://padlet.com/helenalast19/za97qf6zi7scwjry/wish/1463659314 Source: https://adc.bmj.com/content/78/4/293]]> 2021-04-27 10:34:17 UTC https://padlet.com/helenalast19/za97qf6zi7scwjry/wish/1463659314 https://www.jrf.org.uk/sites/default/files/jrf/migrated/files/parenting-support-need-full.pdf nataliesoar https://padlet.com/helenalast19/za97qf6zi7scwjry/wish/1463659719 Assessments of parenting and parenting support needs]]> 2021-04-27 10:34:27 UTC https://padlet.com/helenalast19/za97qf6zi7scwjry/wish/1463659719 l10hale https://padlet.com/helenalast19/za97qf6zi7scwjry/wish/1463663845 2021-04-27 10:36:18 UTC https://padlet.com/helenalast19/za97qf6zi7scwjry/wish/1463663845 What does a consistent routine give? c2funnell https://padlet.com/helenalast19/za97qf6zi7scwjry/wish/1463666078 A consistent routine gives the child security in the home.

On the emotional side, consistency means purposely choosing how you are going to engage with or respond to your child, and not varying with that choice over time. Choosing to not yell and to calm yourself down before you respond to your child is one of the greatest gifts you can give your kid.


Consistency in terms of structure and routine provides limits and boundaries for children. These help them to organize and integrate information into their brain and gain an understanding of how the world works.


‘They know what to expect when they go home, and it provides them with clear boundaries, expectations, and consistency.’ 



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This is the one ritual that every caregiver should provide their child with.

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Talking, reading, playing, cuddling and communicating

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation report ‘Assessments of Parents and Parenting Support Needed’ showed that professionals who worked with families, together with those in health and education, could agree on  the main components of good enough parenting:

  • meeting children’s health and developmental needs;
  • putting children’s needs first;
  • providing routine and consistent care;
  • parental acknowledgement of any problems and engagement with support services.
‘Risky’ or ‘not good enough parenting’ was basically the reverse of this: not meeting the children’s needs, not putting them first etc. but it would be important to recognise if the risky behaviours identified represented a ‘one off’ or was a more regular part of the parents’ approach.

Part of being a good parent is preparing your child for environments outside your home. See the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission report in October 2014, ‘State of the Nation 2014: Social Mobility and Child Poverty in Great Britain’, which looked at what Frank Field highlighted as the essential skills children need by the time they join the reception year at primary school:

  • To sit still and listen;
  • To be aware of other children;
  • To understand the word no and the borders it sets for behaviour;
  • To understand the word stop and that such a phrase might be used to prevent danger;
  • To be potty trained and able to go to the toilet;
  • To recognise their own name;
  • To speak to an adult to ask for needs;
  • To be able to take off their coat and put on shoes;
  • To talk in sentences;
  • To open and enjoy a book.
 
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