Comments on: When do you start training? http://www.parentingontrack.com/milk-without-chocolate/start-training/ Your Family. Your Solutions! Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:04:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Vicki http://www.parentingontrack.com/milk-without-chocolate/start-training/#comment-299 Vicki Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:10:58 +0000 http://www.parentingontrack.com/?p=3497#comment-299 Oh Sally, My eyes are filling with tears just thinking about the smile on her face. What a treat for ALL of you. My gosh, this alone can feed a parents soul for weeks. I'm so glad you are finding the information helpful and are experiencing the delights of turning the reigns over to these delightful children of ours. Also, thanks for taking the time to write and to share. Be Well, Vicki Oh Sally,

My eyes are filling with tears just thinking about the smile on her face. What a treat for ALL of you. My gosh, this alone can feed a parents soul for weeks.

I’m so glad you are finding the information helpful and are experiencing the delights of turning the reigns over to these delightful children of ours.

Also, thanks for taking the time to write and to share.

Be Well,
Vicki

]]> By: Sally http://www.parentingontrack.com/milk-without-chocolate/start-training/#comment-298 Sally Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:58:14 +0000 http://www.parentingontrack.com/?p=3497#comment-298 Beautiful! A great perk to handing our kid's lives back to them is we get to celebrate their new skills. Watching them struggle with new situations (without offering our "help" i.e. doing it for them) can be emotionally trying, but it's worth it. Our first grader has been navigating the challenges of packing her own lunch since school started, and we celebrated by surprising her with a lunch box and special food containers. (She's been using a paper bag and whatever containers we have in the cabinet.) We explained our appreciation of her new skills and, it may sound silly/sappy, but we fought back tears as her face beamed with acknowledgment of her accomplishment. Thank you, Vicki, for showing us a such a fulfilling way to parent! Beautiful! A great perk to handing our kid’s lives back to them is we get to celebrate their new skills. Watching them struggle with new situations (without offering our “help” i.e. doing it for them) can be emotionally trying, but it’s worth it. Our first grader has been navigating the challenges of packing her own lunch since school started, and we celebrated by surprising her with a lunch box and special food containers. (She’s been using a paper bag and whatever containers we have in the cabinet.) We explained our appreciation of her new skills and, it may sound silly/sappy, but we fought back tears as her face beamed with acknowledgment of her accomplishment. Thank you, Vicki, for showing us a such a fulfilling way to parent!

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