My Parenting "Motto"
Monday, February 15, 2010
Labels: car seat / formula / kye / parenting motto
In the Babywise Blog I follow she mentions her parenting motto quite often. Her's is: "start as you plan to go on." I like that one and I do think about that often. Should I start alloying Kye to play with the remote control now when later it may be something I have to take away? Asking myself such questions typically helps me decide how to handle a parenting situation. Recently I realized MY parenting motto it is: "what is my motive?" Anytime I'm faced with a parenting decision I ALWAYS think about the motive I have for making that decision. Does the decision benefit Kye? Or is it something that benefits me? Why am I doing what I'm doing? Why am I allowing Kye to do what he's doing? If you ask yourself that question a LOT of the times we do things b/c it makes OUR life easier. Not because it's what is best for the child. I know MANY parents who HATE the rear facing car seat. I do too! Don't get me wrong. My child is over 20 lb, he's...
