"Respond properly with the first little bit of speech that comes out of your mouth."
Joyce Meyer
BETTER PARENTING - BE PREPARED: If you fail to plan and prepare, you ARE preparing and planning to fail. I love my four children! I would have liked to parent them better. This is some of what I wish I had been able to know thirty or forty years ago! I hope this helps my younger friends.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Monday, April 26, 2010
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Gentle Parenting
"Gentle parenting is the parenting that will turn out individuals who will carry this world further."
Sister Lillian - Guest on "Three Talk with Noeleen" TV show
Sister Lillian - Guest on "Three Talk with Noeleen" TV show
Monday, April 19, 2010
Brokeness
"Children would rather be from a broken home than live in a broken home. They don't need a broken mother."
Dr Phil
Dr Phil
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Perfect Parent
"There is no way to be a perfect parent; but there are a million ways to be a really good one.
Letting go is the hardest thing you can do as a parent.
You have to settle with the past, engage in the present and believe in the future.
We're always learning as parents - and the bond is for ever.
Life is a voyage that's homeward bound."
Move - "Cheaper by the Dozen 2"
Letting go is the hardest thing you can do as a parent.
You have to settle with the past, engage in the present and believe in the future.
We're always learning as parents - and the bond is for ever.
Life is a voyage that's homeward bound."
Move - "Cheaper by the Dozen 2"
Monday, April 12, 2010
Teach your Children
"Teach them to self-protect.
Teach them about the dangers of strangers.
Teach them about the dangers of those they know, or know well.
Teach them about the "Uh Oh..." feeling.
Teach them what to do whenever they have an "Uh Oh..." feeling.
Teach them about not allowing themselves to be taken to a second location.
Teach them to develop and use a "buddy system."
Teach them to use their voice, their arms, their teeth, their legs.
Teach them that sometimes it is VERY OK to kick, bite, scream at, shout at, poke, scratch, stomp on, really hurt another person.
Teach them to fall on their bottom, kick their legs at the person and yell "Stranger danger 911" over and over whilst they twist and turn on their bottoms - keeping their attacker in front of them - kicking and yelling at the same time until help arrives.
Teach them to have a plan.
You develop a basic plan and work out a family plan with them.
Have current photos of each of your children.
Have finger prints of each of your children.
Give them a list of phone numbers to call for help.
Have their phone numbers.
Designate safe houses.
Discuss what to do.
Play "What if..." with your children regularly.
Revise your family plan periodically.
Teach them to listen and look.
You also listen to your children. Look at them. Notice them.
Connect regularly, daily with each of your children.
Teach them to set up their world for safety.
Safe viewing, safe listening, safe reading, safe places, safe entertainment.
Safe activities, safe groups.
Safe adults, safe friends, safe advisors.
Prepare your children without fear.
Prepare your children so that they live their life without fear.
- Dr Phil
"If ye are prepared, ye need not fear."
Teach them about the dangers of strangers.
Teach them about the dangers of those they know, or know well.
Teach them about the "Uh Oh..." feeling.
Teach them what to do whenever they have an "Uh Oh..." feeling.
Teach them about not allowing themselves to be taken to a second location.
Teach them to develop and use a "buddy system."
Teach them to use their voice, their arms, their teeth, their legs.
Teach them that sometimes it is VERY OK to kick, bite, scream at, shout at, poke, scratch, stomp on, really hurt another person.
Teach them to fall on their bottom, kick their legs at the person and yell "Stranger danger 911" over and over whilst they twist and turn on their bottoms - keeping their attacker in front of them - kicking and yelling at the same time until help arrives.
Teach them to have a plan.
You develop a basic plan and work out a family plan with them.
Have current photos of each of your children.
Have finger prints of each of your children.
Give them a list of phone numbers to call for help.
Have their phone numbers.
Designate safe houses.
Discuss what to do.
Play "What if..." with your children regularly.
Revise your family plan periodically.
Teach them to listen and look.
You also listen to your children. Look at them. Notice them.
Connect regularly, daily with each of your children.
Teach them to set up their world for safety.
Safe viewing, safe listening, safe reading, safe places, safe entertainment.
Safe activities, safe groups.
Safe adults, safe friends, safe advisors.
Prepare your children without fear.
Prepare your children so that they live their life without fear.
- Dr Phil
"If ye are prepared, ye need not fear."
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