Joy Based Parenting: The Battle of Wills
I will get you to listen to me…..NO!
I will get you to wash your hair…..NO!
I will get you to eat your greens….NO!
Any of these sound familiar?
Can you see a pattern here?
The more willful I get the more I
engage my daughter’s willfulness
and the battle begins.
The battlefield can be any of the above issues and once [...]
Joy Based Parenting: Trying too Hard
When I adopted my daughter 9 years ago, I promised to be the BEST parent I could be. Honestly, I was afraid to be a mom, so I waited until my forties to adopt. Even though I love children, I was always afraid I might not be able to be the mom I always dreamed [...]
Joy Based Parenting: Trusting our truth
It is amazing how many ways I sabotage my own truth to please others
and therefore end up teaching my daughter to sabotage hers.
Even though I constantly say I want her to be her own person and trust her
own internal timing and rhythm, l watch myself rushing her, and trying to
force her to do [...]
