This Week: Who's Value System is it Anyway?
A young father recently approached me to ask how to handle the parents of kids whose value systems differ from his and his wife’s. He gave the example of neighbors who allow their 8 year old to have sleep-over’s and then let the children run around outside at 10:30 pm... (read more)
Welcome to AskYiaYiatm your personal parenting forum. Thank you for visiting my website. My goal is to help you develop and maintain an effective balance between your self-worth and that of your child's. I would like to help make your parenting journey one of the most rewarding experiences of your life. Your reward will be to see your own children become viable, decent parents of tomorrow. The parents to your grandchildren.
Are you frustrated, anxious or overwhelmed? As parents we would be fooling ourselves if from time to time we didn't experience one or more of these feelings when dealing with our children. AskYiaYiatm Parenting Principlestm talking points incorporate "ACPI Heartwise Parenting", "Connection Parenting", and "Parent Talk" systems to connect with our children effectively and experientially through empowerment, while procuring long lasting relationships between parent and child.
My general philosophy is that feelings are neither right nor wrong and all childhood feelings are acceptable. Although all behaviors are need driven, not all behaviors are acceptable. The wisdom comes from knowing the difference. When we understand childrens' needs, we discover the path to their feelings and can modify their behavior to become both acceptable and achievable.
"Everything we say needs to be good and helpful so that our words are encouraging to the children who hear them."