As parents we always do our best to give our children the best. We know that their training depends on us in the first years of life, so we try to educate them to be people of good and good heart. It is certainly not an easy job, but we do it with a lot of love.
However, sometimes there are situations that we feel are beyond us and we can lose patience, acting in a way that we immediately regret. No doubt we all know that Practicing patience can sometimes be complicated, so the trick that a mother shares to develop has been enthusiastically received by many mothers.
There are days when we feel overwhelmed and when problems outside our family end up affecting us. Sometimes, who undeservedly receives a bad face or a shout because we are angry or tired, are our children. But this mother's trick could help many of us exercise patience and positive upbringing.
Angel Camden is a mother from Virginia, United States, who, like other moms of young children, sometimes feels like losing patience when her 4-year-old son seems not to listen to her or do what she is asked to do. That's why when he found a trick that helps him practice patience and be more aware of his actions, he decided to share it on his Facebook account.
Today I tried something new.
Something that required me to exercise my patience with my irritable four-year-old son. I put 5 coleteros (hair bands) on my wrist since I woke up, until now, just after I put him to sleep. These 5 schoolchildren represent each time you lose your temper or say something unkind to your child. Each time it happens, you must move a catcher to your other wrist. To "recover" the bar, you must do 5 kind or positive things with your child (dance, sing a song together, read together, etc). I read that science says that for every negative reaction, FIVE positive reactions are needed to recover a positive relationship. I will use this method until it becomes a habit and basically becomes a ritual that I do automatically. I've found myself very stressed, banging my head against the wall every day because I don't understand why my four-year-old son insists on being disrespectful and ignoring me when I talk to him. I have reached the point of crying at least every other day. Today I finished my day with the 5 coleteros on the wrist where they were at the beginning. I am very proud of myself for practicing patience with him. I know it's only the first day but I hope this helps improve our communication and our relationship. If you find yourself being an "angry mom", try this!
The post where he shares this trick has been shared more than 46,000 times and many mothers have left comments thanking him for sharing this trick that they will test.
As a mother of a little girl of almost 3 years I know that these first years are usually somewhat heavy because our children are barely understanding how to live with other people, learning values and trying to understand the difference between what is right and what is wrong.
I think this is a good trick (and also easy) to keep in mind those moments when we feel we lose our mind and can work to be better parents for our children.
What do you do to exercise patience with your children?
