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- Gentle parenting is not for the faint of heart. Parents can watch all the TikToks they want and read everything gentle parenting experts have to offer, but implementing those skills is often challenging. It requires parents to be calm when their kid is being infuriating, which is especially difficult when you’re tired or stressed.
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Jul 26, 2023 · Gentle parenting is not for the faint of heart. Parents can watch all the TikToks they want and read everything gentle parenting experts have to offer, but implementing those skills is often challenging. It requires parents to be calm when their kid is being infuriating, which is especially difficult when you’re tired or stressed.
- Parenting Stretches you.
- Parenting Grows you.
- Parenting Changes you.
Most couples think they have all the answers to being a good parent… until they actually have kids. I know I did. As if marriage isn’t hard enough, parenting is even harder. It stretches you in more ways than you can imagine (not to mention the whole watermelon in the stomach thing, ladies :). Just when you thought you couldn’t live on less sleep o...
Yes, your job is to grow them, but, if you’re doing it right, in the process, they end up growing you too. Some of the greatest practical and spiritual life lessons I’ve ever learned have been through my kids. I am a better person, parent, and Christian today than I was before I had children. Through them I have increased in my level of patience, m...
Once you have children, your perspectives change. Your priorities change. You will never see life again through the same lens as before. Your reason for living has monumentally shifted, and your heart will never again feel the same. Because pieces of your heart now live outside of you, and to a certain extent, outside of your control. And when thos...
Parenting is not for the “faint-of-heart.” It’s tough work, but it’s also tremendously rewarding!
Sep 17, 2020 · Being a parent is the ultimate test for (and proof of) anyone’s resolve, endurance, patience, capacity to love unconditionally, faith, ability to let go, ability to trust life, creativity, ability to hold difficult conversations, skills in navigating emotional landmines, confidence, capacity for compassion, and to regulate one’s own emotions. Whew!
- Expect your child to experience a faith crisis. Actually, do more than expect it; pray for it. By “faith crisis,” I don’t mean the loss of faith — a period of apostasy — though for some that may be what a crisis looks like.
- Expect your child’s crisis will be different from yours. God has taught you to walk by faith, and not by sight, in particular ways. But it’s likely that he will deal differently with your child.
- Expect to feel somewhat helpless. There comes a point when God decides to use means quite apart from us to teach our children to trust him. He doesn’t typically inform us in advance when he begins.
- Seek to be a safe place in a crisis. During one point of crisis, one of my children confided that they didn’t feel safe discussing with me certain theological questions they were wrestling through.
Not for the Faint of Heart: Tips for Parenting a Challenging Child - Just BE Parenting. Recently, I was reminded of the time years ago when, in complete desperation, I dumped my 11-year old son’s partially eaten bowl of cereal into his lap minutes before he was to depart for the school bus.
Parenting is a continual work in progress, and just like EQ, it takes conscious practice and development. In this post, professionals from TalentSmartEQ refer to specific emotional intelligence strategies from our EQ 2.0 book that have helped them through the trials of parenting:
