JustMOMsensations

One of my favourite quotes “we teach that which we most need to learn”, by Richard Bach, explains why I am driven to write posts like this.    There are many books written about parenting but no “ideal parent” software that we can download and execute perfectly 100% of the time.   For me, continuous reminders improve the odds. 1.        Do not limit your child by labelling them.   In my head I said “stop being a brat”, what I actually said was “stop that bratty behavior” – but my daughter still heard the former.   An instance of behaviour does not define them.   Better to describe the behavior, not the child but there must have been a better word than ‘bratty’.    As Dr. Phil says, “It takes 100 ‘atta boys’ to erase one hurtful word”. 2.        Avoid showing frustration negatively.   Apparently I growl.   When a jar won’t open or the computer errors, I growl.   C...