Assessing our Parenting Skills Simply

In order to assess our Parenting skills, we can answer the following critical questions and give our own self a score as indicated here under. The total score for all the 5 questions will give us a guide as to how well we are doing with bringing up our children.

1. Is our child living mostly in the present moment?
a. Yes
b. 25 to 50% of the time
c. Less than 25% of the time

2. Is our child capable of being mostly with himself and enjoying it?
a. Yes
b. 25 to 50% of the time
c. Less than 25% of the time

3. Is our child allowed to do what he/she wants to do?
a. Yes
b. 25 to 50% of the time
c. Less than 25% of the time

4. Is our child aware, fully experiencing and expressing his/her thoughts and emotions?
a. Yes
b. Partly
c. No

5. Is our child using his own Intellect to resolve his/her situations?
a. Yes
b. At times
c. No

Score 2 if answer is ‘a.’, 1 if it is ‘b.’, and 0 if it is ‘c.’. Then, total the score and find out from below how good a parent we are!

We are an Excellent Parent if the total score is …….8 to 10
We are a Good Parent if the score is either…………..6 or 7
We are ok Parent if the score is ……………………………5
We need to work on our own self if the score is ……..0 to 4