Welcome - I am dipping my toes in the sea of blogging...not sure what I expect to gain from the experience, except to get into a habit of writing more and to document a hopeful progression of change in my life - in my mental, spiritual, and physical way of being - or not being.
I have just started reading "Raising our Children, Raising Ourselves" - thinking it will give me some real concrete ways to improve my parenting through taking a deeper look into my way of being and responding to the world around me.
My first goal is to be more patient with myself. I tend to get very down on myself when I've made a mistake, or failed to get done what I planned to.
I have 4 children - the oldest being 9 and the youngest being 14 weeks. I feel I've made alot of mistakes in parenting my 9 year old. Much of the work to be done is in how I react to him. First step - take a moment before reacting - think about the words I almost said - are they relevant, constructive, and respectful? Or are they linked to something deeper - maybe from my childhood, that serve no function in the moment, but instead work to create distance in our relationship?
