Best Learnings
What Lessons Have You Learned?
Parents, please take a moment and write a short reflection on what you have LEARNED as a parent. What are you trying now that seems to be working? Be sure to note helpful details like the age of your child. Collectively… we can probably put together some helpful tips.
handling other peoples mean comments about your child
Sometimes my daughter throws these fast and furious temper tantrums. She IS only 2 and I get very frusterated when other people tell me how perfect their children were and how they would react if their child were to do such a thing….. well…..if this is you, please mind your own business…I don’t want to hear it and it isn’t very nice. I handle the situation by having a time-out or taking away the very thing she is wanting to do….this usually helps fix the problem because she gets frustrated trying to talk and gets angry quickly, so I try to figure out what she is saying. Other people who are judgemental and rude in the middle of it all doesn’t help. ( No one at our church has done this to me)
DAWN E. WORSWICK
RESCUEACHILD
I agree with Dawn. I think
I agree with Dawn. I think people forget that kids are just that kids. They were born with God given feelings and emotions. They weren’t given a manual at birth with written instructions. Thats what parents are here for. And all to often people in grocery stores or in public forget that there are reasons for meltdowns. EVERY kid no matter who they are or who their parents are have meltdowns.
Heck I still have meltdowns.
But the things I have learned as a parent are:
Listening to our children is as important as disciplining them. We as parents tend to jump to conclusions. All to often we see one side to a story and place blame on the other child. I’m guilty of it too! But if we really listened, we can see that that one child isn’t necessarily to blame or at fault. Misunderstands happen.
No one wants to admit how hard parenting is. No one wants to admit they have struggled.
No one parent is perfect.
We label kids. And its wrong. Parents are the most judgemental people.
“Maybe this world is another planet’s Hell.”- Aldous Huxley
Always say...
When I see parents in that painful moment when their kids are acting out… (as all kids do)….
I always try and say something fun and simple like… “yup.. .I’ve been there before”
or “I remember those days”
I really appriciate the support
It really is difficult to know exactly how to handle all the situations as a parent and I am so glad there are others out there who feel the same way or atleast understand what I mean.
DAWN E. WORSWICK
RESCUEACHILD