Learning from our parents

Many parents comment about how as children they swore that they would not do as their parents did. Many parents report to me that though they turned out O.K. they want to parent their own children differently than they were parented. They say their parents were harsh or did not understand them. They report unpleasant memories or issues as a result of thinking in unhealthy ways.

So what I hear and what I see are often very different. Parents say they want to discipline or teach their children with a more positive approach and be more pleasant, yet what I see is parents doing exactly the same things as what there parents did.

Yes it is a learned behavior, deeply rooted but parents can choose to learn and parent in new positive effective ways if they are willing to be committed and make the effort.

So Parents, learn from your parents take the good and continue with it...think of the negative and learn how to do it better then your children will have the best skills ever to teach your grandchildren! How's that for exponential learning?!