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EVERYONE who desires to have children, envisions being successful in parenting – no one dreams of being a failure in child nurturing, however, people go into the business passively or with little or no knowledge of how best to handle children. It is important to note that having a strong affinity towards children is not enough reason to plunge into having them, understanding children’s emotions, behavior and how best to handle them is the key to successful parenting. Many will agree whether you are married or unmarried, based on experience or background that the act of parenting is a big business, one which should be taken with all sense of responsibility and obligation. For those who are yet to have children or are expecting one have the opportunity to give their best, however, it is not too late for those who are in the game to make right their wrong and make amendments too in order to enjoy their kids and vice versa.

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Childhood is a very crucial and important period in a person’s life, that is the best time a person’s mind can be moulded into being who they would be in the future. Research has shown that the things that people experience and learn while they were little has a significant impact on who they become as adults and also affect their relationship with others, therefore, understanding children’s psychology is the one step towards great parenting. Children are tender beings who have little to no mastery over their emotions and just like everyone, expresses it anyways . They are characterized with being open minded, they say whatever comes to their mind, good or bad. As parents or parents to be, people who have experience in life, ready to groom our children in being the best, it’s our responsibility to act as great guides and potters in moulding them into being who they are truly meant to be.

Children, as stated earlier, are very tender. They are emotional too and they need someone to understand them because they do not understand themselves yet. Research has shown that children are set to be comfortable and expressive when they are around a playful adult. Kids are very amused when an adult come down to their level. For example, a crying baby age 1- 3 tend to stop crying when the adult with them starts crying, as in mimicking them. A child finds it very easy to relate with an adult who acts like them and plays with them. In essence, the first step to gaining the friendship of your child or any child is to come down to their level, know what and how they play; anything that will make them comfortable with you.

• Martins is a student of the University of Ibadan 

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