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Parenting Commitment Quiz
How Committed Are You to Raising Caring, Confident, Responsible Children?
By Thomas Haller and Chick Moorman
6. I have attended a game of soccer, hockey, baseball, volleyball, basketball or a dance or music lesson in the past two weeks.
7. I attended the most recent parent/teacher conferences at my child's school and/or I talked with the caregiver at childcare for 30 minutes or more in the past month.
8. I have attended a parenting class or read a parenting book in the last month.
9. I believe fixing problems is more important than fixing blame. To that end, I invest my time in searching for solutions to problems rather than handing out punishments and determining fault.
10. I regularly invite my children to help search for solutions. I help them discover solutions by guiding, directing and exploring possibilities with them. I allow them to test some of their own solutions to see if they work.
11. I attempt to create a shared control style of family management by regularly accepting input from all family members. I spend as much time listening as I do talking.
12. My spiritual faith is visible and I regularly engage in it in front of my children. We have frequent family discussions about our beliefs and values.
13. I have firm and reasonable limits for my children in terms of television, food, video games, bed times and extracurricular activities. I enforce these limits consistently with gentleness and love.
14. I strive to make myself dispensable. I allow my children to assume increasing amounts of control over their own lives.
15. When I am feeling hurt or angry, I communicate with words and refrain from sulking, pouting and yelling. I tell my children what I am feeling and own responsibility for those feelings without telling them they made me feel that way. I communicate directly, honestly and openly.