Simply being mommy blog3/19/2023 ![]() If it’s something you fear needs teaching, try, “I know you know that was not okay. I know what you’re thinking: How can I leave something bad alone-like hitting? How will he learn if I don’t give him a consequence? She has to learn that’s not okay. Even if your child is doing something she shouldn’t be, put more trust in her to know she made a mistake instead of harping on her with corrections and criticisms. Does that make sense? While you are doing things together, put your energy more on being rather than how your doing should be done. ![]() It’s you doing to your child by telling him what to do. In this context, by doing I mean that your focus is on what your child is doing and the job you are doing to insure your child’s doing is correct. Spend time this summer focused more on making some of those being memories with your kids. Maybe you were being silly and laughing (that’s my memory). My guess is that it was a time when you were just being together doing something fun, feeling loved. ![]() Was it a moment when your parent was teaching you something? I doubt it. Think of a fond memory you cherish of time with a parent. How can you spend more time this summer being rather than doing/hanging out rather than directing and orchestrating? Just being is the greatest stress reliever for both of you, unless you can’t let things just be. But did you ever let them know what an amazing job they did forced into a situation they had no choice about that no kid has ever had to face in the history of kids? You probably focused a lot on the difficulties your child had during this remote year, often losing your temper when they resisted the virtual classroom. And this year especially, after the stress of remote learning, very little socializing, everyone home on each other’s back, a good deal of simply being is called for. It’s a time to be laid back and let go of all the tension around schoolwork and grades. This summer, especially following this Covid-fraught school year, I want to revisit my Be more, teach less philosophy.
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