MomTV - By JenniferNault on February 23, 2010 - 3 Comments
Week Seven: The Art of Encouragement
“Encouragement is more important than any other aspect of child-raising. It is so important that the lack of it can be considered the basic cause for misbehavior. A misbehaving child IS a discouraged child.”
Rudolf Dreikurs, MD
This week we explored:
- The connection between misbehavior and discouragement
- The difference between praise and encouragement
- Methods of Encouragement
- Sending Encouraging Messages
Switching from Praise to Encouragement can be tricky. They don’t call it the Art of Encouragement for nothing. So go slow this week. Allow yourself to feel a little awkward at times as you make the shift from a completely useless parenting strategy to one of the most effective and powerful relationship strategies available to parents today.
Oh and did I mention, that it is my experience that at least 70% of the misbehavior you currently deal with, will be alleviated when you foster an encouraging home environment. Just thought I would remind you.
This weeks question:
How will I use Encouragement with my children each and every day to inspire self confidence, responsibility, cooperation and independence?
3 Comments
Debby
Vicki
Oh that is YUMMY. “I love ot have my arms full of these kids….” I’m stealing that one this morning with my 6′2″ teenage son. Love it.
Natanya
A bit of fun from this morning: http://shiftandtweak.wordpress.com/2010/03/01/i-think-i-can/
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In considering that my 2-year-old daiughter’s recent increase in crying and resisting is a sign of discouragement, I decided to be more intentional about expressing how important my kids are to me -
“snuggling with you guys every morning is my favorite part of the day”
“I love to have my arms full of these kids, no other kids will do!”
- to invite her to do things and have faith in her ability before she demonstrates it - invited her to make her own eggs and chocolate milk this morning (gave help with the hot part!)
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