What are your opinions on good parenting techniques?

I am conducting a study and I would like different input. What do you believe your child best responds to and why. Just give me your thoughts, please. I am quite curious.What are your opinions on good parenting techniques?
All five of my children responded to consistency. If I told them that an action on their part would receive a certain punishment, then I had to keep my word. There is nothing worse than the parent who keeps telling a child ';If you do that one more time'; and never means it. Consistency is the key.What are your opinions on good parenting techniques?
im not sure
I have 2 children, both girls, ages 2 and 5. They are both completly different so they both respond diffrently to punishment. With my oldest, she is very sensitive so all I have to do with her is give her a stern look and call her name. She knows what she is doing is wrong. She normally will cry and appologize. Now, my youngest is extremly stuborn and the only way to get her to stop doing what she is doing wrong is to spank. And even then, it's a maybe it worked, maybe it didn't. You have to stay on her really consistently. It all depends on the personality of the child.
Stability is a key. I think when kids are stable and secure, they are more settled.


Also consistency with when and how to discipline and when not to. I have seen to many parents give in or punish according to their own mood. I think it confuses the child.


And........I think that parenting is one of the hardest jobs in the world.
You don't need to hit a child,remove them from the family unit,ie time out.Hitting perpetuates abuse and 98 % of prison inmate's where abused.Something to think about when smacking your child.Always concentrate on the positive with your child,we have enough negative things in life already.Talking down to kids gives them bad self-esteem as well as beating them.I always said if you Really Love that child how could you hit it? Always be open and honest with them,as they will already know more then you think they do.Love them unconditionally,it will come back to you 1000 fold.
Be consistent, and use variety to prevent boredom and keep up their interests.
Just guide them in the right direction.My son is 21 and he turned out fine with mostly guidance and my opinions in matters like friends,school,work..but he was brought up to finalize his own plans.Once he decided to get off a team in soccer because he was in an age group beyond his skills,and one parent almost verbally abused me because she thought my child should not have been able to make his own choice.I stuck with his opinion,and he eventually was the only kid,in my opinion,not burnt out.Also,he once told me he thought he did not have a choice to go to college,we never told him this,but just seeing how we struggled without finishing,made him aware of problems,and I guess that is what he meant.I supported him with college,and he knows it was the right decision.he is now off to Dental School,and he played a little soccer in college,because HE loves it,not because some parent was living his own dream,through their kid..but because his parents were dreaming of the big picture of life!
-Set a good example.


-Take the time


-Express your approval


-Set the limits


-Be fair, but remember this is not a democracy