Parenting and Foster Care, to Raise a Child

Is Parenting and Foster Parenting one in the same? Some people say it is some people say it is totally different.

Parenting is raising a child from birth to adulthood. It includes all the things we know as necessary such as educating, providing physical care, nourishment, shelter, social and emotional development. With foster care, there is no difference. When a parent raises a child, they should always be raised in a loving supportive environment. They should be raised with the expectations that are normal, moral and ethnical.

One of the aspects of parenting that is critically important to the child for the rest of their life is teaching social skills. We talk of social skills as if we are talking about teaching social studies in school. I wish it were that simple. Teaching social skills is teaching how to interact with others. Occasionally you might hear a parent discussing the possibility of providing home schooling. Somewhere in the conversation might be the mention of the child's socialization. Basically this is learning normal social behavior and being able to interact within ones community. You might find children that like to be by themselves. They may prefer to climb in a sofa with a book rather than play with friends. The parent may want them to do other things with friends for the socialization.

You want your child to grow up with good ethics. By teaching them right from wrong, you hope they will develop good moral judgment. Morality is knowing right and wrong and following your conscience. Your conscience is the part of the brain that helps you with right and wrong. Its one thing to know right and wrong but your conscience is what helps you to choose right over wrong. It is your inner voice that tells you it is not ok to choose wrong. It is your feelings that guide you and tell you to be kind because you will hurt his feelings. It is the part of you that will feel remorse for what you did when you did choose wrong and hurt someone in the process.