“When I’m calm, I have no trouble responding patiently, but the problem is that my child’s tantrums jangle my nerves and I lose control of myself!”
Israeli parenting educator Shoshana Hayman hears parents say this over and over. They might be talking about their five-year-old son who is whining because we wants them to buy him the toy he sees on the shelf in the store, their 10-year-old son who is complaining because he claims it was his brother who made the mess that he now has to clean, or their 15-year-old daughter who criticizes the family rules. Parents often feel stretched to the limits of their patience because of these daily minor confrontations. Read more on The Attached Family online magazine at http://theattachedfamily.com/membersonly/?p=2797
This is such an important topic that I wonder why the article isn’t available to non-members.
It is available for free to non-members. Just click on the link, and it’ll take you directly there. http://www.theattachedfamily.com has been open to the public for about a year now.
Thanks, I’ll give it a try! The link in the article above isn’t active and it won’t allow me to copy and paste.
Fixed that – it should work now, thanks!