PARENTING THURSDAY REVISITED: Playing By The Rules

PARENTING THURSDAY REVISITED: Playing By The Rules

Have we ever heard the phrase “Do as I say, not as I do”? If we hadn’t heard or said those exact words, perhaps our actions might have communicated this mindset. We can embody phrases like this in an unintentional way, without even noticing.

We tell our children “no devices” at mealtimes, yet we will eagerly monitor our phones for emails from work. We become the very manifestation of “Do as I say not as I do.”

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PARENTING THURSDAY:R-E-S-P-E-C-T

PARENTING THURSDAY:R-E-S-P-E-C-T

As parents, we might believe that in order for their child to be disciplined, they must be made to feel badly about their behavior, and that without a particular enforced consequence, children will lack responsibility. Consequence is important, but are they teaching tools? Do you need to set a consequence as a punishment to change certain behaviors? Are they always necessary?

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