{"id":243,"date":"2021-11-23T19:43:36","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T19:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afccenter.org\/?page_id=243"},"modified":"2021-11-24T00:14:33","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T00:14:33","slug":"ten-commandments-of-successful-parenting","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/afccenter.org\/index.php\/ten-commandments-of-successful-parenting\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten Commandments of Successful Parenting"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_120\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-120\" style=\"width: 252px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-120\" src=\"https:\/\/afccenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/StoneyCreek.jpg\" alt=\"Stoney Creek, CT, original photographby Herb Rosenfield\" width=\"252\" height=\"189\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-120\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Learning Calmness and Serenity<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/afccenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/TenCommandments.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Click here<\/em><\/a> to download a copy of the Ten Commandments of Successful Parenting<\/p>\n<p><strong>TEN COMMANDMENTS OF SUCCESSFUL PARENTING!<\/strong><br \/>\nFrom CARING PARENTS: A Guide to Successful Parenting<br \/>\nA book, in progress, by Herbert Jay Rosenfield, ACSW, LCSW, BCD<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>You shall raise your child, firstly, as a \u2018human being\u2019 and, secondly, as a \u2018boy\u2019 or \u2018girl\u2019!<\/li>\n<li>You shall build your child\u2019s self-esteem &#8212; through appropriate praise, attention, and encouragement<\/li>\n<li>You shall give your child gradual independence &#8212; through appropriate opportunities for growth, exploration, and experimentation!<\/li>\n<li>You shall give your child comfortable boundaries \u2013 by age-appropriate limits which are clearly state and consistently applied!<\/li>\n<li>You shall give your child an understanding of his feelings &#8212; through opportunities and assistance to express his own feelings verbally!<\/li>\n<li>You shall teach you child healthy attitudes and factual information about \u2018human sexuality\u2019 in an age-appropriate and sensitive manner!<\/li>\n<li>You shall teach your child to be responsible to others beyond himself &#8212; by age-appropriate opportunities to be a contributing member of the family!<\/li>\n<li>You shall demonstrate respect for your child by the manner in which you act to and speak to her!<\/li>\n<li>You shall assist your child to attain a \u2018balanced lifestyle\u2019 by exposure to and encouragement to participate in a variety of interest areas and activities!<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">You shall teach you child how to behave by your own \u2018role-modeling\u2019, communicating positive expectations by example!<br \/>\n\u00a9 Herbert Jay Rosenfield 1985, 1993, 2000, 2007<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Click here to download a copy of the Ten Commandments of Successful Parenting TEN COMMANDMENTS OF SUCCESSFUL PARENTING! From CARING PARENTS: A Guide to &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_regular_price":[],"currency_symbol":[]},"post_slider_layout_featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":"","post_slider_layout_landscape_large":"","post_slider_layout_portrait_large":"","post_slider_layout_square_large":"","post_slider_layout_landscape":"","post_slider_layout_portrait":"","post_slider_layout_square":"","full":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/afccenter.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/243"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/afccenter.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/afccenter.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afccenter.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afccenter.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/afccenter.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":285,"href":"https:\/\/afccenter.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/243\/revisions\/285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/afccenter.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}