I have some thoughts to share and I hope you are open to them. If you’d like me to explore a specific topic or concern, feel free to let me know. This blogging journey is as much for me as it is for anyone else but I’ve got things in mind to explore and I’d like to take you along for the ride.
Parenting is NOT one size fits all/always, nor will it ever be.
Speaking to and with your children is very important. Meaningful connections will serve you well for the rest of your life and MORE importantly, the relationship you build now will only get stronger as you and your children grow older. Think about your own relationship with your parents – Is it how you want your relationship with your children to be in the next 10, 20 years? How can it be improved? Is there necessary healing? Use it as your benchmark for where you are and where you would like to be.
It is easy to blame others when you hear them speaking a certain way, or saying certain things but it is not so easy to take responsibility for the part that you play by not offering positive alternatives to dealing with situations and not speaking around your children the way you would like them to speak. They are sponges, soaking up everything that you have to offer. It is imperative that we model whatever behaviours we want them to follow. So if speaking clearly and articulately is important to you, then you know what you have to do.
Their peers are influential – yes – but believe me when I say that your influence goes far above and beyond everything else. It’s why, as a teacher, I can always tell those who speak to and interact with their children meaningfully.
Check out these articles about connection and communication with children… The website has lots of other info. that is very helpful so feel free to browse – knowledge is power! Remember the influences and challenges that the children face multiply and intensify daily. We are preparing them and ourselves for an unknown world. Don’t we want to give them, and us, the best chance? 😄🤩 Yes, we do.
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