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As a mom to three girls and as a child therapist, I’ve read piles of parenting books. My parenting philosophy has changed dramatically over the years. When I landed in the realm of “Positive Parenting,” I was hooked. I knew instinctively this was how I wanted to parent.
Unfortunately, putting the methods in place was a different story.
There are days that I speak calmly, kindly and lovingly to my children. We share hugs, stories and laughs. But, there are days when I overreact to a spilled bowl of cereal, impatiently rush people out the door to school and forget everything about responding positively to my tantruming four year old.
After these negative interactions, I criticize myself as a parent. It’s as if I expect immediate positive parenting perfection.
It was only recently that I started to see that the road to positive parenting is not a smooth, paved path. Instead, it is rocky and uneven. There are days it will be easy and days when I’m exhausted from trying to stay on track. And, that’s ok. In fact, there are some advantages to traveling this rocky road.
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