THE 7 KEYS TO BRINGING OUT THE BEST IN YOUR KIDS

Rayna Lumbard, LMFT

Bringing up kids is akin to building a special project from scratch. Trusting your instincts and applying what you have learned from past experience is helpful in both cases. But in the process of raising kids, what happens when your special project does not come with a detailed instruction manual? Remember when you were a new parent? How long did it take for your patience to run out? How many times now do your positive intentions toward your children turn sour? How long are we going to keep blaming each other for the problems we face?

We all know that people learn to parent from their own parents. As children we grew up learning our family's values, rules, and roles, whether we liked them or not. We experienced growing pains and learned to cope by adapting and rebelling. As we passed the milestones of our development, we emerged with some sense of selfhood.

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