If you feel that you have been trying to be a super mom, forget that! Your child parenting journey will be much happier and more enjoyable if you are willing to relax and learn along the way. Be prepared to change your perceptions and believes as you go along. There are bound to be parenting problems as your child grows up from baby stage to toddler stage to teenagers and even when they are adults.

The only children is frequently perceived as having difficulty in relating to other children, as being spoilt and selfish and as being unable to stand up for himself. In reality this is simply not the case and, while some only children do fit this picture, so do many children from larger families with brothers and sisters.

Certain solutions that are the most crucial will be dealing with communicating your needs to others. Those that will care for and be in contact with your child. The school is a major element that will determine how your hyperactive child will progress and develop. Certain achievements will not come as easy to your child as to the rest of the class, but there are some things that will help even up the odds.

Parenting would be a lot easier if kids weren't so good at hiding things from us. But they are masters at it, and since it's our job to protect them from bad decisions until they are old enough to know better, we need to be on the lookout for warning flags. Unfortunately, this job begins as soon as they realize that other people (us, for example) exist independently, and might not do what they want.

Irritation and exhaustion make parents more volatile. Complaining and bickering may relieve some built up pressure but these anger embers can explode into a yelling fight. Young toddlers can be so alarmed that they may have accidents or get ill when their parents become angry. Screaming and anger were part of a survival reaction when the mother deemed an intruder was life threatening.

As a child ages they can learn from other peoples mistakes, but toddlers want to experience everything for themselves. Eliminate the possibilities for disaster rather than spend the precious time you have with your child saying, "No" so many times that the child becomes immune to the word. Save "No!' for dangerous moments that could be life threatening. You want that word to stop them in their tracks so do not over use it on meaningless control issues.

One extremely important factor is the attitude you adopt in approaching the problems of parenthood and the manner in which you conduct yourself and your own life. Approaching the problem with a sense of confidence, for example, will do much to ease your way and also to instill confidence in your own children. Similarly, demonstrating respect towards both your partner and your children will also help your children to develop a proper sense of respect of their own for the views, values and rights of others.