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A friend of mine who was having some issues with her teenager told me recently, “I’m so tired of this parenting thing. Your kids are older. Tell me, is it even worth it?” “Worth what?” I cleverly engaged. “Worth the hassle! Don’t they eventually just end up moving on and leading their own lives and doing their own thing?” she asked. “They do, for sure. Didn’t we?” I replied. “Yeah, we did,” she admitted. “Were we ‘worth the hassle?’” I…
TweetWe all want to have a great relationship with our kids and be able to communicate effectively with them. In The “Perfect” Parent, I share 5 tools to help you get there. One of those tools is Sense-able (Sensible) Parenting. This is a simple TOG (Tool of Growth) that can make a world of a difference when communicating with your children, especially if you’re having a hard time getting through to them: The Sense-able Parent uses their five senses to communicate: 1. EARS…
TweetTwo important mainstream words that are as applicable to family as to the world of business are: Network: a connection, or an interconnected system of people or things Net worth: value The strength of connections, or the family network, and how well we communicate within this network is what determines our family’s net worth (value) and hence our family’s happiness index! A family’s net worth is the value that is drawn from communicating while growing together and learning together from our ups…
TweetMuch of our confusion with children comes from moving our attention to the next thing too soon. Repetitive issues are the biggest indicator of that. Leftover, unaddressed, buried feelings will definitely knock the door of our attention–getting louder and louder each time we rush through them. Take 5, 10, 15, 30 or whatever it takes to let the feelings come into full expression. When we do this we do not transfer the remnants of unexpressed feelings on to the next experience….
TweetOn a recent vacation, my husband was having a conversation with a fellow passenger about how “expensive” it is to raise a child. Another gentleman listening in to their conversation joined in and the three had a merry old talk about the never ending costs involved in parenthood. I had also recently read some articles on the same subject that were a by-product of a report recently released by The Department of Agriculture. Again The Department of AGRICULTURE! Firstly (although…
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