I often encourage my little ones to get their hands dirty and explore as many things as possible.  This could be touching stuff in nature or having different type of material and exploration stations at home.  With that said, there will be areas or situations [EX Glass decorations, Christmas ornaments, fresh food packaging...] where it’s not safe or appropriate to touch so naturally, I would ask them to not touch them.  They will nod and agree but the next thing you know, they are touching it.  Like many of my previous videos, the key is not to focus on what they CAN’T do but rather on what they CAN do. So instead, I use this 1 finger technique protocol ?Allow them to touch delicate things with just one/two fingers, they will be more open to it ?Take time to practice and model it, they might need a few tries ?Set the boundaries if needed, “I see you having a hard time following this rule, I will bring you to another area instead.” In addition, you can channel your little one to substitute touching with looking, smelling if the item is truly dangerous to touch. 

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When a child asks an endless string of
“Why?” questions, the smartest reply is
“I don’t know, what do you think?”

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For Tamara and All The Other Amazing Mothers Out There - Gary Vaynerchuk

Talking about my mother, Tamara, is always a very emotional topic for me. There is not one person who knows me, even just a little bit, who is confused about...

I heard someone say yesterday that children need to be scared of you so they can respect you and that made me sad.

Authoritarian leadership does not work to gain respect. It may help to gain obedience, but certainly not respect. Respect is gained when someone has enough trust to be their true self knowing they won’t be judged or criticized but rather given grace, guidance and unconditional love.

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I’m convinced that when you save your “no”s for the important stuff, kids are more likely to respect the limits you set.

Why? Because they understand that you wouldn’t set a limit if you didn’t have a good reason. So, when you want to say no, ask yourself why. And, when you reflect in this manner, you realize sometimes the answer is actually “yes”.

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I was very inspired after cooking lunch with my son. and my dads words rung in my ears,

"quality time is the accident that happens when we spend quantity time with the people we love" look for opportunities of quantity time it's where the quality time is ✨

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As parents, we do so much for our little ones but yet, they get upset or cry for the smallest and silliest things. 

For Peace, these little things could be the paper she’s drawing on was folded or I gave her the blue color bib but she wanted the green one, or just like in this video, the binoculars are too heavy.

? From an adult perspective, it can make you feel underappreciated and frustrated. 

One key observation that has helped me is that our little ones aren’t adults, these little things to us might be really important to them so their reactions can be explained. 

Having this perspective allows me to channel my energy toward empathy. 

To handle these situations, here’s a 4 step approach that I’d like to share

?Understand it might be a “little thing” for you, but for them, it can be a big deal

?Get down to the child level (or as low as you can)

?Ask them how they feel and hug them if needed

?Help them communicate their thoughts and involve them in the problem-solving process I hope this little perspective will lead to less frustration for some of the amazing parents out there and allow all of us to express empathy toward our little ones in these situations. 

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“And go fucking do that for the rest of your life” …. Reenforcing positive behaviors in shit that really matters provides a lot of self confidence to those on the receiving end … keep doing it folks

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