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Recap & Goals

What would you do with a million dollars?

Sum up what you observed & read this week. Write down your thoughts about how it applies to you and your family. List changes/goals you’d like to see happen within yourself, your children, your family, workplace, casual interactions, etc.

Screen Test, cont’d

What did you want to be when you were growing up?

What about your children? Try a screen test with them. Write about what happens when you lovingly limit screen time and invite them to participate in activities. Or try limiting screen time and not suggesting anything. Which goes well? Better? What did your mommy instincts tell you before, during, and after this “test?”

Screen Test

Are you a glass half full or glass half empty person?

Do you limit screen time in your house…for yourself? What would happen if you limited it? Today is about conducting your own experiment to see how limiting yourself affects your mood, work load, interactions with your children, original thought, motivation, etc. Write about it & be thorough, because tomorrow we are going to shift that screen test to our children.

Positive vs. Negative

What do you like about yourself?

In an AHA Parenting article I recently shared, the author suggests that for every negative interaction, we need five positive interactions to keep a relationship healthy. Think about your positive vs. negative interactions with your children? What would you say the ratio is? Are you happy with the numbers? Is there any you’d like to shift?

Cooperation

Who are your mentors? Who inspires you?

Do you find that making more eye contact creates a more cooperative household? Do your kids seem to be more willing to listen and follow directions when you make more eye contact?

Observation

Who do you admire most?

Practice watching your children without interfering or correcting. Watch what a few moments of intentional observing bring to your thoughts and feelings about them. Then write about it. What did you feel? Admiration? Warmth? Annoyance? An urge to correct? Write about what they were/are they engaged in, how they speak, how they approach you and others. Look at the when, where, and how…and write it down.

Research, Day 1

Are you a city or country person?

Do an online search for how to connect more with your children. Janet Lansbury’s page is a great place to start. Write down any ideas that inspire you.

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