Hi Class!
I know I often refer to different parenting curriculum's during our sessions, such as ScreamFree parenting, or Positive discipline, plus mention helpful books, so I plan to forward you a little info on each so you have access to additional resources. As with everything I send or share, take what is relevant to you or resonates, then file away the rest or forget it:) Too much info can be overwhelming. And if I say that I will send something and I don't, please, please remind me by email or text, and I will get it out to the group. By the way, you can sign up for this daily email by clicking below and going to the website. See you all this Fri am. I will be sending out a session 3 overview in the next day or two.
ScreamFree parenting is very powerful approach. So true about the control we do have versus what we don't....and that we don't have to take things personally. Again, all this is easy to say, yet hard to do on a regular basis. The good news is that the more we practice pausing, acting calm, the more often we will be that way. It does become a positive pattern😊
| What you can control is whether or not you show it to them and whether or not you act in a respectable manner -- even when they don't. As with most things, this has nothing to do with them and everything to do with you. |
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Andrea L GooldyParent Educator and Coach
Begin forwarded message:
"You can waste years, trying to get someone to give respect to you, as though it were a sort of promotion or raise in pay. If only you do enough, if only you are good enough. No. You have to just...take it. Give it to yourself, I suppose. Say, I'm sorry you feel like that and walk away." (Lois McMaster Bujold)
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| | Respect Yourself
You can't control whether or not your kids, your spouse, your parents, your boss, or anyone else shows you respect. What you can control is whether or not you show it to them and whether or not you act in a respectable manner -- even when they don't. As with most things, this has nothing to do with them and everything to do with you. Be the grown up in every situation, and then be confident enough to allow their attempts at disrespect to bounce off of you like the tiny arrows of the Lilliputians in Gulliver's Travels. Their barbs cannot hurt you without your permission.
Rather than "huffing and puffing" or "pouting and shouting" when they act disrespectfully, smile to yourself and remember that you don't need their affirmation to know that you're a strong person. Set simple and clear consequences and follow through without taking it all personally. You'll show them what real respect looks like, and you just might earn some along the way.
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