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Career Woman: Modern Day Parenting

     Attendance to one’s children at all times is mandatory. Although the economic situation has made it tougher for both parents, No exceptions will be made for parents working two jobs just to get by, single parents or parents of children with special needs. No  parenting instruction manual is or will not be provided due to peculiarities of children, hence these extreme expectations, paired with the rapidly accelerating pace of modern life, present significant obstacles and pressures for parents who genuinely want to make their children feel cared.
   The major concern of most parent include:
. The social and Emotional development
. The impact of media technology on their children. The responsibility of making parenting easier however lies majorly on the head of the African woman due to the 'Blame Culture'  And the Cultural responsibility of the woman to balance Career with Family. Below are basic parenting skills for modern day Children:
. Flexibility of parents; Parents should be acquainted with Social Language and norms affecting children as well as know when to apply them 
.Identify your child’s talents, interests, tastes, opinions and grow them in the area or school of specialization and make sure the child shines in that particular area with your support and encouragement knowing you might not always be there
.Gift them with etiquettes  and right personality and not cars or material things because an average 21st century child as an entitlement mentality and may not improve
. The child's environment has a greater role in their life,  your child’s school environment plays 70% of their character formation ,Be sure they do not only give mechanical education but Value- based education?
Moreso, they learn faster from their peer-groups. So know their friends .
.Say NO to their mobiles and other electronic gadgets without supervision because it's misuse is dominating them.
   In summary, Our children are facing challenges in (The Real World and The Virtual World)in different aspects of their lives. Knowing these challenges will help parents develop appropriate parenting skills. Hence parenting in this century is beyond skills, it is more of an act, the 21st century parent should attend seminars and symposiums, watch children's centered programs to keep themselves abreast of situations.
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