Are you a thermostat or a thermometer?

[ande]

here's a great parenting tip from
family first

Ande


Are you a thermostat or a thermometer?

A thermostat sets the temperature,

a thermometer reflects the temperature.

Too many parents are thermometers...
they reflect their child's mood.
If David is nice, they are nice.
But if David is nasty... well, you get the picture.

But effective parents should be thermostats...
setting the climate of the household by how they react, or don't react, to their child's behavior.

They choose to be joyful
when their child is hurtful.

They choose to be calm
when their child is out of control.

And they choose to love,
when their child is unlovable.

From Family First
www.FamilyFirst.net

[fireguard]

I had thought you were talking about the temperature of the pool.

[gebbadine]

sending Ande my 15 year old daughter

[scyfreestyler]

Everything sounds great in theory.

This idea is true to a certain extent but kids are kids and parents are people. Sometimes, despite your best intentions, things get crazy. We only have two kids...I feel for those of you with more than that.

[dorothyrde]

Originally posted by gebbadine
sending Ande my 15 year old daughter

My almost 13 year old can go to. She has always wanted to go to Texas!:D