Amazing Parenting: What if you/they were gone tomorrow?
Amazing Parenting, Parenting, Parenting Tip of the Day Add commentsAmazing Parenting: I am re-reading The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz. Awesome book! I just had to share this piece: “I treat people I love with love because this may be the last day that I can tell you how much I love you. I don’t know if I’m going to see you again, so I don’t want to fight with you.” (page 119)
IF the interaction I am having with my child (and the one you are having with yours) WAS the LAST interaction we’d have with them, how would we be? We can apply this to cleaning bedrooms, doing homework, helping in the kitchen, watching a movie, or simply listening to them share the happenings of their day. It sure makes me get more PRESENT with NOW.
Happy Holidays!
Traci L Gaffney
A Loving Way
A Wellness Advocacy for Children and Parents
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Thank you so much for the great reminder! I really needed to hear that. That is something I need to think of often, using it as a checkpoint as I interact daily with my family and really anyone. I just got done reading a book you might be interested in, too. It is about getting our children reading for fun and it provides lots of examples and activities for you to have fun with your kids. It is called Raising Bookworms, by Emma Walton Hamilton. Her website is http://www.RaisingBookworms.com. Thanks again for your post!!