The Ten-Things Podcast

You’re Going To Make Mistakes, And That’s OK.

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I don’t expect you to be perfect, you are going to make mistakes,      and that’s ok. 

  • I’m not perfect & no one else is either-
  • I do expect you to try your best all of the time.
  • I do expect you to find a good attitude when you have a bad attitude.
  • When I am correcting your behavior, it is because I love you and want what is best for your life.
  • Your being happy right now is not my biggest concern. You growing up to be the right kind of person is.
  • “You can feel any way that you feel...but you can't act any way you want to act” - I feel like I heard this a lot (Anna :) Helping a child come to understand that there is a difference between how they feel, and how they are allowed to act, is critically important for their emotional and social development.
  • Managing the tension between how you want a child to act and how they act requires patience, consistency, and being in it for the long haul.
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    The Ten-Things PodcastBy David Higginbotham & Anna Collier