Automatic responses permeate our life and they are important. They reserve our brain power for when we encounter something we have to consciously address and can’t respond to automatically. However, when we respond automatically in a way we don’t like or isn’t appropriate, it can be frustrating. It can even lead us to believe that our response is beyond our control, but it’s not.
Science has taught us that simply the absence of a mother can be devastating to the growth and development of any baby. The lack of the tender touch of a mother’s arms can be fatal. There are challenges for sure, but our mission is not hard. We simply must be there. We simply must love. Mothers need only to extend open arms and accepting hearts to the precious children first placed in their arms as cold and crying infants before being wrapped in the warmth of love and care, or perhaps brought to those arms through the miracle of adoption.
I recently came across a post on Facebook. I have seen many others like it–a mother behaved poorly and felt regret and then told their
My sweet girl, who is not so little anymore, This week there were two women in our community murdered, by men they were in a
Each moment we control another, we are damaging our relationship with them. Instead we should be providing, love, guidance, suggestions, teaching, opportunities–all approaches that will both encourage the relationship and develop respect whether with horses or humans.
College can be a great option, but it’s not a necessity, so don’t give your life to student loan debt as if it were.
The problem with self-esteem is that, when talking about it, it has been based far too much on variables we either can’t control or which don’t truly have any impact on who or how valuable we are.
A lot of attention is placed on the bully–that we need to stop the bully, but the reality is, that the only way to protect your children from bullying is by building that ability with your children. Both you and your children need to understand what bullying is and how to address it.
If you really want to show your child that you love them, sometimes you will need to let them hurt and struggle. Sometimes the best thing you can do is to leave something broken and let your child learn how he can fix it.
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