Parenting Brochure

NAYEC Mission Statement. NAYEC Homepage.

"Responsive Parenting: Balancing Freedom and Limits."

Parent Further, July 10, 2013.

"Responsive Parenting: Why Tantrums Matter.

The Mule, 25 Aug 2012.

Responsive Parenting Tips

The NAYEC expresses its mission in three goals:

Improving professional practice and working conditions in early childhood education.

-Supporting early childhood programs by working to achieve a high-quality system of early childhood education.

-Building a high-performing, inclusive organization of groups and individuals who are committed to promoting excellence in early childhood education for all young children.

Early childhood care professionals can align themselves with these goals by encouraging responsive parenting as a means to for development.

The ethical application of these methods requires allowing more freedom and leniency than in other types of parenting styles. "Spoiling" a child is often cited as an ethical risk in responsive parenting. Child care professionals need to ensure that being too nice to...
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