Every parent wants their kids to be successful. It is the purest wish a parent can have. Making this wish a reality is an entirely different matter.

There is no denying that successful parenting plays a major role in producing stellar kids. Ineffective parenting regardless of the natural intellect and aptitude of a child can result in behaviour issues, delinquency, criminality and academic problems. Good parenting is an essential requirement for producing high achieving children.

The first step to raising successful children is to assign them regular chores. Research shows that when children are given chores at an early age, it cultivates in them a sense of responsibility, self-reliance and mastery.

Having realistic high expectations for kids is essential to successful parenting. More often than not, children rise to the expectations set for them. The trick is to set the bar high enough that your kids do have to stretch for it but keeping it in the realm of possibility.

Children have to be taught to manage anger, delay gratification and properly handle conflict in order to achieve success. A lack of healthy coping strategies can lead to health and well-being concerns in children.

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A parent’s job is to manage and minimize risk–not to eliminate it. Successful parenting involves understanding that failure is a big part of success. Hanging back and giving children room to fail is very difficult for most parents but is essential. Successful failures assist in developing your child’s character, resilience and overall competence.

In today’s world, social intelligence is just as important as intellect. Successful parenting ensures that kids learn to be cooperative in their peer-to-peer relationships, helpful and able to empathize with others intuitively and without prompting.

Encouraging kids to stick with things that are difficult or unpleasant sets them up for success later in life. Mental toughness and a “can do” attitude are critical for children to have firmly in place well before reaching adulthood. A child without a “fighting spirit” is unlikely to develop this trait later in life and commitment and the ability to handle sustained effort long term will always be an issue.

Good parents assist their children in developing a strong sense of self. This is done by establishing balance as a parent. Over-parenting hinders a child’s development of independence and permissive parenting robs kids of integrity, direction and the ability to focus and commit. Children need to be able to identify their own strengths, weakness, preferences and dislikes.

Consequences for unwanted behaviour should be clearly stated and should be suited to the unwanted behaviour or the punishment should fit the crime. Successful children turn into successful adults and neither happens by accident. Successful parenting is deliberate and intentional.