a bribing parent or a threatening/repeating parent?
I have been holding true to my intentions of reading Gary Ezzo's, "Along the Virtuous Way". Although, I haven't actually been reading the book. I discovered I actually own the cds!! I uploaded all 17 sessions onto my ipod and have been listening to them on my way to and from school.
Today's lesson: obedience
How do you get your children to obey? Gary started off with describing the 2 most common types of disciplining styles. The bribing parent and the threatening/repeating parent. I literally laughed out loud listening to his example of the threatening/repeating parent and thought, "That's me!!" I'd love to say I don't bribe, but I do that too. Although not as much. I seem to have more short term success with threatening/repeating.
Oh it makes me laugh. And not in a good way. How did I get here? Why do I feel so helpless in parenting now? I will say I am learning SOOO much from these cds. I haven't gotten to the part about what to do with disobedience though. That's next weeks lesson!
In other news, we took Reagan to the doctor today for a check up. She's had a runny nose and nasty cough for almost 2 weeks. The doctor said her ears look, dare I say, A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!! It seems the tubes are doing what we hoped they would. On a side note, Reagan did get weighed and she's up to 18 pounds now. :)
After the doctor visit Ruthie got to pic where we went to dinner. She chose Cici's.
The picture is a little blurry b/c Brendan took it with his iphone. Reagan was loving the pizza! I won't tell you how much she ate, but my girls loves carbs!! Oh, I was sitting at the table with them but I cropped myself out b/c I just got my hair cut and it's very short. I'm at that insecure-I'll-like-it-in-a-week-or-two-stage.
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