10. 6 lessons learned from raising 6 kids
Show Notes
After 30 years of raising kids, we recently became empty nesters. In this episode, I’ll share some of the best lessons I learned over the years. Whether you’re a young mom starting out your parenting journey or an empty nester like me, I’m confident you will find some hope, help, and direction from these universal lessons.
Here’s a quick summary:
1-Help is never more than a prayer away. I learned this lesson my first week of parenting and I’ve relied on it ever since. Even if you’re not the praying type, you can learn to trust your mother’s intuition.
2-Always strive to maintain a relationship with your kids no matter what. Keeping the relationship alive allows you to continue to positively influence your kid’s lives no matter how old they get or how far they stray.
3-Help them develop strong relationships with their siblings. Friends come and go but sibling relationships last throughout life. Helping to nurture sibling relationships when they are young can provide the greatest support system when they are grown.
4-Expect the unexpected, and also expect the expected. You literally never know what will happen with your kids as they grow and learn their life lessons. We all learn from our own experiences, bad choices, and mistakes. Learning to stay calm and handle things with love will help our kids learn that nothing they do is the end of the world for them or for us.
5-Teach them correct principles and let them govern themselves. This is a concept that is taught in my church and it can really give us confidence that they will be ok when they grow up and leave home.
6-Look for the good and emphasize the positive. The majority of the time our kids are on track and doing good things. Unfortunately what often gets our attention is the negative behaviors like fighting, disobeying, and defiance. What we give attention to is what we get more of from our kids. Praise the good and we will get more of it!
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From the blog: https://www.mom-mindset.com/blog/six-lessons-learned-from-raising-six-kids
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