| Many parents will not admit that they are doing | | | | From my own experience, I never really realized how |
| anything wrong but, in reality, all parents have some | | | | much my present meant to my child even in the |
| room for improvement. You probably will agree that | | | | smallest thing. Sometimes my three years old will |
| Learning positive parenting techniques can result in | | | | come to me and ask: Mommy can you play hide and |
| dramatic changes in the home atmosphere. | | | | seek with me? Before I would tell her how mommy is |
| When it comes to your children, the real expert is you, | | | | busy and I just cannot play right now but I never |
| the parent. The way you become an expert is by | | | | realized how rejected she felt by the way I |
| consistently learning and improving your parenting skills | | | | communicate it. But by learning a few techniques I now |
| in certain area. For instance, making sacrifices for our | | | | join her for at least five minutes and put on hold |
| children is sending them a message of how important | | | | whatever other things I was doing. |
| they are to us. | | | | I also learned a better way of communicating with her |
| Think about a working mother or father who | | | | when I am absolutely not able to do so and now she |
| rearranges hi/her schedule so that he/she can attend | | | | no longer feels rejected by me. The lesson here is not |
| his child's soccer game. What do these tell our | | | | take little thing like that for granted and always looking |
| children? It screams out to them how important they | | | | to learn things that are positive to make an impact in |
| are to us than the meetings or social time with friends. | | | | the way we are raising our kids. |