Does the Parenting Advice you are Getting
Make you Feel Better or Worse?
From the outset, I would like to share that I have taken some expert parenting advice in my career as a mom, and I have two happily married successful positive daughters to enjoy as a result.
Plus 2 beautiful grandsons! Much of what I based my parenting on, both as a married and as a single mother, was classic law of attraction. I did not see it as such until I began a spiritual-positive psychology journey of exploration, when my girls were 5 or 6. You name it - I read it.The key element to understand in any parenting advice you choose to follow, is this: If something inside of you is telling you that the suggested strategy may be harmful to your child, and makes you feel instinctively bad, do not proceed. Seek further parenting advice elsewhere for solutions which ring right and true for you, and which are evidence-based. Healthy Thinking. Of the 3 law of attraction elements I teach in my women’s seminars, the one most closely related to the above concept is Knowing. Healthy thinking mothers know that if something seems wrong or feels wrong, it probably is. No – I do not believe or agree that we attract all the negative events of our life to us in some negatively magical thinking way. However, there is no doubt that listening to our natural instincts of kind, caring, fun mothering, will attract more positive outcomes for our children, and ourselves than the opposing philosophy ever could. Decide. The first Step in LOA in my experience is always to Decide, with clarity, what it is you Do want in the parenting issue. What do you want as an outcome? For example, let’s take Louise, whose 3 year old, Marty, is having temper tantrums a little too frequently. Though temper tantrums are normal at this age, Louise would like to see them diminish in severity and frequency as soon as possible. Who wouldn't! Note how this is a reasonable and healthy idea to focus on… a clear and positive Decision point? It would be unrealistic for her to focus on the idea that Marty would be and act in some unrealistic perfect Disneyland manner at all times. Energize. In the 2nd LOA Step, Energizing her Decision, Louise could enjoy a few minutes of quiet time when Marty has a nap, close her eyes and begin creating a healthy positive thinking visual scenario of Marty being happy, busy, playful, laughing… in a variety of situations where he currently acts up. She would avoid focus on the tantrums and instead think about how nice the fun times are. Louise could also begin to ramp up the positive re-enforcement out of the blue when Marty is happy. She could also research expert information that seems to fit her style, and try out more parenting advice and parenting tips over the next few weeks. Join our growing network and share your law of attraction parenting advice stories on our site. I look forward to hearing from you.
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