What are you teaching your kids? You may be shocked to realize much of your child’s behavior, whether appropriate or not, is connected to how you parent.
Parenting is the toughest job you will ever have. What other job requires you to supervise, protect, teach, encourage, love, provide for, and use empathy, thoughtfulness, kindness, patience and creativity every moment of the day? It is a job that can be very trying but the rewards will fill your heart with each smile, laugh and, “I love you” that your kids return.
Parents often say, “I hope when my child goes off to college or moves out they make the right decisions.” Or “I hope they can take care of themselves.” What I would say to those parents is- it is the early lessons they learn from us that allow them to succeed in life.
Although most of us know that good communication is necessary for any great relationship, we must also realize that what form the communication takes is also of utmost importance. Specifically, I am referring to communicating with kindness. If you are trying to talk to your partner and you are seething inside or it is all about you, then you will never achieve a good structure for communication. You can, of course, disagree but you can do this in a kind and thoughtful manner.
