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Advice For Parents: Choosing Your Words Carefully

A lot of children have selective hearing; have you noticed? Some of this selective hearing is planned and some isn’t. They really don’t hear us correctly sometimes. We can do something to make sure this doesn’t happen as often.

What can you really control? ~ Happiness for everyone!

We are obsessed with control these days. Every company, institution, agenda, and family member wants to have some sort of control over us, and we want it over them. We want our opinions to be heard and our needs to be met. We want the control. Why do we want this control? If we are in control we are happy. Everyone is.

Here are a selection of Principles to look through in case you have a hard time coming up with them on
your own. As you read these, I am sure you will start to think of your own foundational principles. All
these are not mine, but feel free to use them: Star the five which are the most meaningful to you and
then compare lists with your spouse.

What is parenting but learning? If you are constantly thinking about how much you have to give, you are whining. We were not given the divine gift of motherhood to whine about it and figure out what is doesn’t do for us; although, many fill their days contemplating this very thing. Our time is challenged so that we can know patience. Our quiet time is encroached upon to test our charity. Seeing the beauty that comes from a child solving a problem with a sibling or learning how to control