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Want Your Kids to Listen? Be Clear With What you Want

Want Your Kids to Listen? Be Clear With What you Want

by michellemcv | Jul 15, 2018 | Parenting Tips

We tend to talk TOO MUCH! We over explain. You have to go to bed because we have a busy day tomorrow. You have to go to school. If you don’t go to school you’ll miss too much school work, you’ll get behind. What do you want your child to do? What...

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It's the effort that counts right?! 😂 We are a It's the effort that counts right?! 😂 We are all human. We all get triggered. What behaviour pushes you from friendly Rex to triggered T-Rex? Comment below. Need some help in your parenting journey? Please reach out. I'm here to support you with my parenting Consultations. #momlifebalance #parenting #parentingtips #Hamiltonmoms #Hamiltonmom #bossmom #momlifeunfiltered #momlifebalance #momofateenager #momthemanager #difficultbehaviour #meltdowns #sensorysensitive #tempertantrums #difficultbehaviour #meltdowns #sensorysensitive #tempertantrums #parentingateen #teenparenting #momofateenager #Ilovemyteen
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I don't want to... ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Smile⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Cheer up⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Get over it ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Dealing with loss is uncomfortable. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Grief is an emotion that wants to stay hidden. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ A few years ago when my grandmother died I felt grief in a way I never had before. It was heavy, it was exhausting and overwhelming. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Years ago I heard @drwolfelt talk about the grieving process. He explained how we want to sweep it under the rug, to avoid. We don't want to have funerals, we want to have celebrations of life. We don't want to feel the emotion, we just want to move on. It's so unhealthy. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ When the people around us suffer a loss it's hard to witness their pain. So we try to make it better. We want to take the pain away and it's very invalidating to the person grieving. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I lost a friend over a week ago. It was unexpected, it was heartbreaking and so difficult to accept. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Sometimes a hug or a text to say I'm sorry is enough. These simple actions say I care. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ It was their time ⠀⠀⠀ They are in a better place ⠀⠀ Be strong ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ These words help no one. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Learn more about my journey and how to support someone who has gone through a loss. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Click the link to my website (link in bio) to read my latest blog post #loss #death #missingyou #thegooddieyoung #validation

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