These days I learn a lot about myself because my daughter’s standard answer is “no”.
Or “do myself”.
Or just the opposite of what I want.
Analyzing how I am and respond teaches me a lot about myself, my values and my parenting.
And I think parenting here can be a metaphor for other aspects of life. I’m curious about your parenting.
- Empathy first
- Patience over speed
- Acceptance
- Rules are here to maintain and if needed bend; breaking them we don’t do
- Try to understand each other instead of pointing fingers
- Doing together is more fun than doing alone
- Screens are evil for connecting with each other
- Positivity! If we fall it’s about the standing up and not about the falling
- She herself can do more at any given moment, than I credit her for in my imagination. I continuously need to understand adapt to that
- There’s no such thing as too many kissing and hugging
- If we’re bored, we find new toys or we try to find new ways to play with the toys we were already playing with
- Puzzles are awesome
- Books are awesome, even if dad needs to re-read them 20 times again in the same session, they rule
- If we cover up vegetables with something that only looks more like fast food, vegetables rule! Moussaka for the win
- Grandparents, helpful friends and helpful strangers are one of the greatest finding of universe.
- Dancing is allowed anywhere, anytime