Evening Observations: Last night, Bethel wanted to pull her suitcase around, and I wanted to get her dressed for bed. She was very (overly) tired. She did not want to lie down and kept a death grip on the suitcase handle. When I pried her hands off, she screamed. Here is what I did: I [...]
As part of my thinking about distraction as a means of dealing with anger, I’ve been watching my kids today and evaluating my responses to their fussiness. Bethel incident #1: wanted to be held as I was putting her down in order to get myself dressed. As she started to cry, I just said “Mommy [...]
Filed under: Communication and Meaning, Emotions
A friend mentioned recently that she sometimes felt like distracting her young son (toddler) was neglecting to teach him/ discipline him. This statement got me thinking about this technique, since I too, have found that it is a very effective technique with my own children. Here is a typical scenario: baby has to share or [...]
Filed under: Discipleship, Emotions
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