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Parenting Tip: Something I Need to Focus On
In my weekly newsletters, I frequently mention some sort of struggle I’m having with parenting. Last week, I mentioned that my therapist said I need to learn how to better handle chaos and that I should be thankful that parenting can teach me that! One reader reached out to share that her therapist said something nearly identical two weeks ago. And another reader reached out to share Dr. Becky’s Instagram page. I loved this parenting tip from Dr. Becky so much:
… Read MoreWhen our kids are having a hard time, they need to feel that they are not “too much” for their parents, that they cannot overpower them with
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Unconditional Positive Regard: Why It Matters for Kids
I have a lot of work to do on myself. If I don’t, I’m at risk of passing along my issues and my trauma to others. Several times a day I think: “I’m too messed up to be a good parent! I’m messing up my kids!” Or I think, “I haven’t done enough self-work to be the kind of leader my team deserves.” In those moments, I take a deep and try to remind myself that we are all on a journey. We are all doing our best. One of the things I am trying to work on the most is unconditional positive regard.
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Purposeful Parenthood: What I’m Working on Right Now
Matt just returned from a weeklong trip to the Pacific Northwest (in exchange for the month I got to spend in Melbourne at a Montessori training). I sure do struggle to be a successful parent when I’m on my own! On top of the solo parenting difficulty, it was a particularly busy week at work. My patience for my children was virtually zero. The whole situation crescendoed into curling up in a ball—crying—on my bed on Saturday night, scrolling through Facebook. I felt like such a failure as a parent. Then I came across an ad that gave me direction for my most recent quest toward purposeful parenthood.
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