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For the vast majority of us, life is challenging. As loving and responsible parents, we do our best to provide for our families. We either work demanding jobs away from home or oftentimes tougher ones at home. Many of you do both…and you do both well.
If you're like me, the daily stress and exertion of life can take its toll on your patience and your tone of voice with the ones you love the very most. I've never met someone who didn't face this challenge on a daily basis. It falls under the category of "life." While we can't take the stress out of living, we can do our best to remember a few key things: Expecting no stress creates more. Knowing that life is stressful for all of us…and that this is the standard state of affairs…can go a long way toward helping us avoid being overwhelmed by it. Take a Love and Logic class from one of our local facilitators. You'll see that you are not alone. Seeing purpose in stress creates hope. Every difficulty we face can either erode us or grow us. When we look for the growth and learning opportunities each trial brings, our perspective remains far more positive. Emotional connections with others make it seem smaller. Many of us withdraw or throw ourselves more deeply into our work when we feel stressed. As a result, we isolate ourselves from the relationships that give us the most strength. Again, taking a local class can really help. Remember daily that our kids are looking to us for calm leadership. As we all know, kids take their emotional cues from the adults around them. When we can keep ourselves positive in the face of stress, will our kids be more likely to do the same? When we can talk to them in a tone that truly communicates our love for them, will they respond in far more positive ways? Don't expect yourself or your kids to be perfect. We all get snippy and snappy from time to time. Forgiveness is a wonderful thing!
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