Be available to listen to what your children say about their feelings. Don't negate any less desirable feelings. These feelings are your window into your child's personality
Meet your children
Meet your children where they are. Work harder to understand them than to have them understand you
Look at yourself
Once a day, look at what's not working in your life. The best way for a parent to help a child is to first get comfortable in your own skin
What you show them:
Parents should be careful about what they watch and laugh at in front of children
Take Care of yourself:
So that you can take care of others
Believe in your children:
They need hope
Always listen
Listening is the key to communication
Discipline consistently:
Love unconditionally
Set realistic goals:
You will not disappoint yourself/others
Validation:
is the pathway to high self-esteem
It's not how much gold we leave our children that's important:
it's how little baggage we leave behind that is important.
Confidence is not control:
It's letting go
Courage is not the absence of fear:
It's moving ahead in the face of fear
Family First
Ted Fattoross : parent
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