Be the best friend of your child!

Child-Parents relationship is very emotional and sensitive part and built on the basis of affection and esteem. Parents and children are bounded by love and affection, but there is a generation gap between them. Despite the generation gap, parents must always try to be friends with their kids.

The friendship factor works well as parents can have better understanding with their kids, who will then share everything with their parents.

Parents who play the role of being friends with their kids are found to be sharing a strong bond with their children. As children grow older they need more friendliness than parenting from their parents.

A child from his early age has his/her own opinions as well as decisions and which they will hold on. In such situation communicate with your child, let the child feel comfortable to share their thoughts and feelings.Parents have to be patient and non-judgmental while having this discussion with their child so it will better for your child to interact with you like a friend. If you want to become your child's best friend then try to encourage them to talk about their routine, know about his/her friends at school and try to involve yourself in your child's life.

When you are playing friend's role with your child, don't forget that first you are parents and your first responsibility is to ensure safety of your child so don't gratify your child in any activity, which will endanger his security. But, if your child forces you for such then try to convince him/her in a friendly way. Make sure that the rules you have framed for your child should not over restrict them and also ensure that the child clearly understands the rules, so acceptance of enforcement become easier.

It is essential for parents to have a proper balance between parenting and friendship. Parenting plays larger role than friendship as it concerns with teaching essentials of discipline and following rules. But while doing so it may happen that your kid may get angry, which calls for addressing the issue in a friendly manner rather than harsh talks. We can say that friendship and parenting go hand in hand which is essential for having healthy relationship with your child.