{"id":168,"date":"2021-09-19T15:56:30","date_gmt":"2021-09-19T14:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/splash.middlesbroughasc.org.uk\/?p=168"},"modified":"2021-09-20T16:46:28","modified_gmt":"2021-09-20T15:46:28","slug":"positive-parenting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/middlesbroughasc.org.uk\/?p=168","title":{"rendered":"Positive Parenting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Being positive to support your child is critical to their development while swimming. Positive parenting includes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Your child needs your emotional, physical, and financial support. Be liberal in providing this support.<\/li><li>Support but do not push your child.<\/li><li>Be realistic in terms of expectations; factor in age and skill level; be aware of your child\u2019s perception of your expectations.<\/li><li>Emphasise performance and effort, not just outcome. The athlete only has control over his\/her performance. Define and measure success as giving maximal effort and as personal improvement.<\/li><li>Keep winning in perspective.<\/li><li>Do not bribe.<\/li><li>Give plenty of encouraging and rewarding statements. Criticize sparingly.<\/li><li>View swimming as an arena in which to teach your child about commitment, hard work and discipline.<\/li><li>Work to form an effective Coach-Athlete-Parent Triangle.<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Being positive to support your child is critical to their development while swimming. Positive parenting includes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"templates\/template-full-width.php","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[12],"class_list":["post-168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tips","tag-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/middlesbroughasc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/middlesbroughasc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/middlesbroughasc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/middlesbroughasc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/middlesbroughasc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=168"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/middlesbroughasc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":302,"href":"https:\/\/middlesbroughasc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168\/revisions\/302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/middlesbroughasc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/middlesbroughasc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/middlesbroughasc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}