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01-04-2015, 09:13 PM | #1 |
Rose Trellis
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PD Tools Week 1
Connection Before Correction
http://blog.positivediscipline.com/2...orrection.html I Have to say that the idea seems kinda counter-intuitive to me at first. The moments when I need to correct my children I tend to feel more frustrated and adversarial than connected. Week one and I'm already challenged. I liked the little clip from the lecture at the bottom. Especially what stood out to me was "Are you looking for blame or a solution" I think a lot of the time when I'm upset with my kids I'm trying to blame them for whatever is going on and I want them to feel bad and do better I never realized that before. If you don't have the app like me you are on a pc you can print out the little reminder cards by clicking on the picture of it on the right. I'm planning to post them on my bathroom mirror so I can review every mirnibg whilst getting ready for the day.
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01-05-2015, 01:24 AM | #2 |
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Re: PD Tools Week 1
There was an interesting interview on the radio this morning. I only heard bits while driving between clients, but here's what I got from it: this man is a child psychotherapist or something and an expert in real problem kids. The ones they were specifically talking about were the sociopaths-in-the-making. These kids show no guilt or remorse when they do wrong and don't show empathy... So I gather he did some research or observation or something (missed the bit in the middle) and found they didn't have the sort of close relationship with their parents that was needed for true discipline, teaching, to happen. "they don't hear the lesson without the relationship." What was interesting was that this was coming from someone who mostly did standard behaviorist style interventions. Time outs and praise. But he added in eye gazing: getting the parents to take short snippets of time throughout the day to stare into their child's eyes, and this was enough to create loving relationships
That's my long winded way of saying that I'm adding eye gazing to my mental list of connection activities Sent from my GT-S5300 using Tapatalk 2 ---------- Post added at 07:24 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:18 PM ---------- Oh, and marigold, I wasn't able to watch the clip from my tablet, but it sounds like it may have answered a question I've had for a long time. I came across the phrase "in our house we don't blame" in How To Talk So Kids Listen... And that week i read in Ephesians that God makes us blameless and i thought , God doesn't blame in his house, either! And that has been one of my goals ever since - to learn not to blame - but I haven't been able to figure out what to replace it with... what DO we do? ... "in this house we don't blame, we seek a solution together" :thumb Sent from my GT-S5300 using Tapatalk 2
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01-05-2015, 05:31 AM | #3 |
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Re: PD Tools Week 1
I find that usually I need to take a time out before I can connect when something big happens. I have been sending DS1 to his bed- not as a punishment but more as a lets cool down and then we can talk type thing. I wonder though if I am missing my window of opportunity? I mean maybe I should be connecting before? I don't know. I have a hot temper and that is really hard for me to do.
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01-05-2015, 09:05 AM | #4 |
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Re: PD Tools Week 1
I've struggled w/ blaming and wanting my kids to feel remorse (and they probably aren't even there developmentally ). It's so hard to break out of the "you need to pay for whatever you've done" mentality I've been trying to work on "it doesn't matter who did what, let's see what we can do to fix it".
TS, that part about eye gazing is awesome. It's been awhile since I've read "How to Talk..". I took notes. I need to find them & re-read them!!
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01-05-2015, 09:22 AM | #5 | ||
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Re: PD Tools Week 1
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I can tell I'm going to need to take notes. Why is this stuff SO easy to forget? ---------- Post added at 10:22 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:12 AM ---------- Is anybody else having trouble listening to the sample clip?
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01-05-2015, 09:44 AM | #6 |
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Re: PD Tools Week 1
I forget, too. I hate that. In the heat of the moment, all my tools seem to fly out the window. I hope by dwelling on and practicing a new one each week, I will be able to assimilate them better into my tool box.
Accidents make me upset - spilled anything, broken anything - and it is sooooo easy to blame and create disconnection, but I've found that if I take a deep breath, reach out and hug and say, "accidents happen to all of us, I can help you clean it up if you like", I feel like I've chosen connection instead of disconnection. After all, none of us are immune from accidents no matter our age.
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01-05-2015, 09:45 AM | #7 |
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Re: PD Tools Week 1
I'd like to follow along. Will look at the link later.
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01-05-2015, 10:18 AM | #8 |
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Re: PD Tools Week 1
You guys, I read the most HORRIBLE article on the "biblical" way to do spanking on the FOTF website. Somebody had posted the link on FB. I knew it was bad, but seeing it all written out there with an accompanying picture of a mom about to spank her child... Ugh, ugh, ugh. I am feeling SO thankful right now that we do have other tools to use and I'm excited to practice them all with you this year.
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01-05-2015, 10:58 AM | #9 |
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01-05-2015, 11:02 AM | #10 |
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Re: PD Tools Week 1
Off to write on a sticky note "We do not blame. We look for solutions together."
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01-05-2015, 11:50 AM | #11 |
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Re: PD Tools Week 1
I need to watch the video it sounds great. I need to do this.
I don't have useful things. But please keep talking. I need to steep in this.
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01-05-2015, 12:15 PM | #12 |
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Re: PD Tools Week 1
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also like the looking in their eyes idea
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01-08-2015, 05:51 AM | #14 |
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Re: PD Tools Week 1
I find my own desire to blame is a signal that I need a time out before dealing with whatever the situation is. Interestingly, those times when I'm really upset, I have occasionally found myself calling DD by my younger sister's name--it's like I'm 10 years old again yelling that it's all her fault. Clearly, I'm not operating in my calm adult mind, nor am I feeling connected to the child in front of me.
Regarding the eye-gazing, I'm sure I heard or read somewhere that this helps to develop mirror neurons, which are important for empathy, but I can't find it now. |
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