I hope you and your family are enjoying the start of summer! My husband and I are deeply into a remodel of our home – the offices and bedroom – all of which have closets with lots of stuff. It’s expanded into a bigger project than we anticipated — doesn’t it often? — and we are making good progress and love how it is looking.
Today’s Video
Every parent gets frustrated and angry with their child from time to time, and you say or do something you later regret. What makes the difference in its impact on your child and in your relationship are how frequently you become upset and how intensely.
It’s important to remember how emotionally sensitive your child is. Yes, even your surly teen. In fact, your child is probably more aware of your up-tightness than you are. What you say and do affects your child’s self-confidence and his connection with you more deeply than you probably realize. This one is crucial!
Today’s short video gives you the most important step to being more patient with your child. Without this step, you will continually try to control and manage your anger without getting to its root causes and making the long term changes you desire.
If you have any questions, please let me know. I love hearing from you and want you and your child to love your joyous time together! Write your question in the ‘Comment’ section or send me an email.
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Connie,
Thank you for the suggestions in helping me as a parent, grandparent, identify with my own feelings and take responsibility for them. I would love to have my families at Little Mud Puddles have the opportunity to receive your e-mails or I can put your link on my web site. Please let me know how I can do this.
Sincerely, Darlene
Hi Darlene!
Wonderful to hear from you! I’d love for you to share this information with the parents at Little Mud Puddles! Thank you!
I think both of your ideas are excellent. You can put a link to my blog on your website where parents can subscribe to my email updates. If you do this, I suggest you put a brief paragraph with the link telling what it is and letting them know they can sign up to receive the email updates. Be sure to let them know how valuable you believe these emails / videos are. Here is the link to my blog: http://www.joyousfamilyliving.com/
Another idea is to include this same info in your parent newsletter with link and explanation. If it comes out monthly, I recommend you include this info for 3 months in a row to remind them. With their busy lives, it is so easy to put it off until later and forget.
We could also put together a simple flyer with this info to put in their cubbies.
If you have any questions, please give me a call. Wishing you the very best always!!
Connie