Cheers!

Here's to celebrating our differences! This blog has talked about parenting principals and techniques that I have learned over the past semester.  There are so many more applications and principals out there that I have not even touched on or learned about.  How will I keep learning about them without my parenting class when the semester comes to an end!?!

Here's to my examples...the people who I would be lucky to become and learn from.

My sisters.

And my mothers! 

     These women know how to love unconditionally.  They all parent differently and they're all doing it right!  All of their children are different so why wouldn't they all use different applications?!  Sure I liked a lot of the techniques I learned about in class this semester, but that doesn't mean I'm crazy enough to think that everything is going to work out perfectly just as i've written it.  Children have individual spirits that have individual needs. Our differences are what will make us the best moms for our children!  Here's to celebrating our different views and respecting each other as women in the kingdom! I love you all! 

Competent Giants

This Blog post is about how we talk to children.  This includes our tone of voice and comments made on their character.  We did an exercise in class where a student stood on a chair and hovered over us and gave us a tongue lashing!  I instantly felt small, and ashamed, judged, confused, angry, embarrassed, and a handful of other emotions that i'm sure children experience when we as adults reprimand them.

I know that children make mistakes and sometimes are pretty naughty and need a little reprimanding. I suggest that we make sure not to attack their character and attribute it to their actions.  I wasn't quite sure how to say this in my own words but we watched a video that I think says it much better than I could have.  Please take a look!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csj04h3zpFo

This is a pretty short post but I think the video speaks for itself.  Treat our children how we would treat our guests.  When they make mistakes help them!  When one of my classmates was hovering over me I was instantly afraid and wanted out of that situation.  I can't image this would be a very effective way to help children learn.  I feel like it would be better to get on their level and talk to them like they're a human being.  Just a thought.