QOTW: Mothering skills/style!

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QOTW: Mothering skills/style!
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Mon, 09-11-2006 - 10:05am

Board Question of the Week is........


What is one thing that you'd change,if you could,about your mothering skills/style?



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Registered: 04-01-2003
Mon, 09-11-2006 - 11:02am

I need to yell less and get less flustered


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Registered: 03-26-2003
Mon, 09-11-2006 - 11:27am

I'm not really sure. I guess sometimes I wish I was more strict and rigid. I tend to be pretty easy going and so far it hasn't been an issue but I wonder if later it might be. If she wants to do something and it is not dangerous or inappropriate I usually make the effort to allow her to do it. If she wants to visit Chicago, we go on a trip to Chicago. Now I want to visit Chicago as well so I don't see that as an issue. She also goes where I want to go like Cleveland. So I guess it could be a weakness as well as a strength. As I said, so far it seems to be working and I suppose if some day it doesn't, I'll have to change it.


I'm also trying to be more patient when I know the reason for her behaviour is tiredness or hunger. I just have to feed her and give her body time to absorb and get back to normal. I do get frustrated though and tend to get snappy when I should be just waiting until physiologically she is back to normal. Usually with 20 min. of eating she's a changed child.

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Registered: 03-27-2003
Mon, 09-11-2006 - 1:33pm

I would like to add more of a sense of humor to my style of parenting. My patience is pretty thin most days so a good laugh would be helpful for EVERYONE involved.

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Mon, 09-11-2006 - 4:11pm
What is one thing that you'd change,if you could,about your mothering skills/style?
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Registered: 09-26-2003
Mon, 09-11-2006 - 4:40pm

I wish I wasn't so moody!


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Registered: 04-14-2003
Mon, 09-11-2006 - 4:46pm
Overall i am pretty satisfied with the way i parent but i do wish i could teach both the girls and myself how to be a little more organized.
Kelly
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Mon, 09-11-2006 - 5:08pm
I would ask for more patience. I get tired of the same ole battles every day and tend to lose patience very quickly.
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Registered: 09-01-2006
Mon, 09-11-2006 - 7:35pm
Hannah knows my hot buttons and I react. I'm a drama/trauma queen. I usually think they sky is falling.

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Registered: 09-01-2006
Mon, 09-11-2006 - 7:37pm
Boy, that is me to a T. Like I'm sitting her typing on the lap top but believe me I'm thinking of things I need to clean, throw away or do.

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Registered: 09-16-2004
Mon, 09-11-2006 - 9:39pm

I find that I tend to let things build and build and then I just explode.

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