Tuesday, May 13, 2008
consequences!
one of my mom's favorite words! i never know what to say to her when she starts her consequences diatribe! i just read this and its great---
I think the word "consequence" has no place in parental language. We should be talking
about respect, helping, supporting, modeling, distracting, communicating, holding, etc.
Partnership words, not adversarial words. Life has plenty of it's own consequences--we don't need to engineer them or wield them like a club over our kids heads. I feel like it's my job to help my kids navigate and avoid the foreseeable ones.
now if i can remember that next time she starts up.....
I think the word "consequence" has no place in parental language. We should be talking
about respect, helping, supporting, modeling, distracting, communicating, holding, etc.
Partnership words, not adversarial words. Life has plenty of it's own consequences--we don't need to engineer them or wield them like a club over our kids heads. I feel like it's my job to help my kids navigate and avoid the foreseeable ones.
now if i can remember that next time she starts up.....
# posted by Anne @ 2:00 PM 
