Oh, Dearest Mother, Sweetest Virgin of Altagracia, our Patroness. You are our Advocate and to you we recommend our needs. You are our Teacher and like disciples we come to learn from the example of your holy life. You are our Mother, and like children, we come to offer you all of the love of our hearts. Receive, dearest Mother, our offerings and listen attentively to our supplications. Amen.



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Syncletica
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Posted: Jan 04 2011 at 1:19pm | IP Logged Quote Syncletica
In your parenting, what tips have you learned, or are at least trying to put into practice? What advice would you give to encourage people in their parenting struggles?

Some I know of:

Be cheerful.

Say what you mean and mean what you say.

Be consistent in correcting all disobedience.

Be just in disciplining.

Be reasonable and fair in your requests.

To achieve positive attention getters, recognize and encourage your children's achievements, big or small.

Anyone have more?

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Posted: Jan 04 2011 at 2:08pm | IP Logged Quote JodieLyn
take time to play, be silly and laugh

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Posted: Jan 04 2011 at 2:22pm | IP Logged Quote organiclilac
When your child is misbehaving, find out WHY? Being hungry, tired, overstimulated, not having expectations met, etc. is not always enough to completely absolve the child, but it will help you to help them avoid the near occasion of such behavior in the future. Make it easy to be good as much as possible, and they will handle it better those times when it is unavoidably hard.

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Posted: Jan 04 2011 at 7:06pm | IP Logged Quote mamasue
Definitely be consistant!!!

And have fun, don't go through your parenting years taking everything so seriously.

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Getting help from outside the family is okay. Some internet research, an online article I stumbled upon and a book referenced in said article changed me completely as a parent and as a spouse...for the better. If God had not led me to this information, I can't say where we'd be now.

Talking with your husband about how you want to parent together and how you'll handle outside criticism is key. Presenting a united front got us through breastfeeding (not popular with some of our relatives), the decision to homeschool and much more. I knew dh would back me up and then some (hey, homeschooling was his idea, not mine!), and that made it easier for me to present and substantiate our plans.

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