Most of us have moments as parents where we realize that, "maybe, just maybe I know what I'm doing here...at least for this moment..."
This blog's purpose is to get you to quickly think about solutions that regularly or magically appear when with your children (or niece, nephew, neighbor, pet).
Without spending too much time mulling over the frustrations (that was done in the previous blog), what moments, actions, statements or questions have resolved that childhood problem? How have you avoided that crisis? When have you patted yourself on the back for recognizing that you were part of the solution?
Help us all by offering your solutions below this blog, however brief or complex.
Come back in a few days to see others' solutions. None of them will be attached to a problem or challenge.
The fun part to this? Mix and match solutions to alternate problems. See if something new comes up for you. Heck, get your kids (or your talking parrot) to choose a new solution to an old problem. When the list is there, you could even do eeny, meeny, miney, moe and see what you get.
Have fun with it! (Perhaps that is one of the solutions...)
Play with these posts, try them out, and see what works for you!
Child-raising frustrations
Most of us are parents, or become a parent figure to a niece or nephew, neighbor or friend, dog or cat.
This blog's purpose is to get you to quickly think about frustrations that occur when raising children.
What moments really get to you? What pushes your buttons? When do you yell (and then look at yourself, wondering where the power of that frustration came from)?
Are they single moments, or are you fine until three things happen at once?
Make comments below this blog - short, point form, or ranting and raving...
In the next blog you will have an opportunity to comment on your solutions, what you've done to divert disaster and hurt feelings, or how your repaired those hurts and tears.
When you separate your frustrations from your solutions, and see others' solutions, separate from an isolated incident, you can then apply ANY solution to ANY frustration. Perhaps one parent's solution (I just take three deep breaths), becomes your child's solution (honey, just try three deep breaths, then we'll figure it out).
Play with these posts, try them out, and see what works for you!
to see the web of solutions you never thought of before.
This blog's purpose is to get you to quickly think about frustrations that occur when raising children.
What moments really get to you? What pushes your buttons? When do you yell (and then look at yourself, wondering where the power of that frustration came from)?
Are they single moments, or are you fine until three things happen at once?
Make comments below this blog - short, point form, or ranting and raving...
In the next blog you will have an opportunity to comment on your solutions, what you've done to divert disaster and hurt feelings, or how your repaired those hurts and tears.
When you separate your frustrations from your solutions, and see others' solutions, separate from an isolated incident, you can then apply ANY solution to ANY frustration. Perhaps one parent's solution (I just take three deep breaths), becomes your child's solution (honey, just try three deep breaths, then we'll figure it out).
Play with these posts, try them out, and see what works for you!
to see the web of solutions you never thought of before.
A beautiful day
As I walked my children down the street this morning, the air was crisp but not too cold. The forest was full of brilliant reds, oranges, and the lush green of the baseball field on the other side. All the color was on the ground, still thick with new fallen leaves.
I laughed as I recalled yesterday. I had to ask a neighbor to confirm what the freezing temperature was in farenheit, so we could decide if we should turn off our outside taps... California just didn't go there! It is 32, by the way, the forecast for tonight's overnight low.
We live in such a beautiful neighborhood. We are so blessed.
I laughed as I recalled yesterday. I had to ask a neighbor to confirm what the freezing temperature was in farenheit, so we could decide if we should turn off our outside taps... California just didn't go there! It is 32, by the way, the forecast for tonight's overnight low.
We live in such a beautiful neighborhood. We are so blessed.
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