
"...But watching these three miserable people and wishing I could wave a magic wand to make things better, my Aha! moment was: There’s always a way to make even a difficult interaction with our child into a win/win situation.
Sounds impossible, right? But it just takes three simple steps. Simple, but really hard, because we have to step up and be willing to choose love when we just feel like crying or yelling.
These three steps calm the storm instead of inflaming it. They transform us and then our child, and often transform a situation where everyone loses into a win-win."
Go to Aha! Parenting to read the whole article.
Sounds impossible, right? But it just takes three simple steps. Simple, but really hard, because we have to step up and be willing to choose love when we just feel like crying or yelling.
These three steps calm the storm instead of inflaming it. They transform us and then our child, and often transform a situation where everyone loses into a win-win."
Go to Aha! Parenting to read the whole article.