Comments on: 7 Ways to Encourage Your Children http://lifeasmom.com/2009/10/7-ways-to-encourage-your-children.html On the Road to Joyful Motherhood Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:26:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jessika http://lifeasmom.com/2009/10/7-ways-to-encourage-your-children.html#comment-6656 Jessika Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:30:32 +0000 http://lifeasmom.net/2009/10/7-ways-to-encourage-your-children.html#comment-6656 Thanks for these! I can always use a reminder to add in some more positive feedback for my kids-they eat it up! Thanks for these! I can always use a reminder to add in some more positive feedback for my kids-they eat it up!

]]> By: Valerie Reilly http://lifeasmom.com/2009/10/7-ways-to-encourage-your-children.html#comment-6639 Valerie Reilly Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:18:26 +0000 http://lifeasmom.net/2009/10/7-ways-to-encourage-your-children.html#comment-6639 My daughter and her friend (10 years old) carved the pumpkin all by themselves while i lay on the couch with the bf. they were weilding sharp knives. most moms would supervise. i thought of the children in the amazon who can shoot poison bows and arrows at frogs at two years old. i raised them to be tough and learn by trial and error. they didn't cut themselves. the pumpkin turned out great. they were so proud. and they cleaned up! leaving some bits of pumkin gunk on the table and some seeds on the floor and some dishes in the sink. i thanked them so much for cleaning up and doing such a great job.<br /><br />and back to snogging on the couch, naughty mommy.<br /><br />cheers! Val My daughter and her friend (10 years old) carved the pumpkin all by themselves while i lay on the couch with the bf. they were weilding sharp knives. most moms would supervise. i thought of the children in the amazon who can shoot poison bows and arrows at frogs at two years old. i raised them to be tough and learn by trial and error. they didn't cut themselves. the pumpkin turned out great. they were so proud. and they cleaned up! leaving some bits of pumkin gunk on the table and some seeds on the floor and some dishes in the sink. i thanked them so much for cleaning up and doing such a great job.

and back to snogging on the couch, naughty mommy.

cheers! Val

]]> By: Susie http://lifeasmom.com/2009/10/7-ways-to-encourage-your-children.html#comment-6638 Susie Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:36:41 +0000 http://lifeasmom.net/2009/10/7-ways-to-encourage-your-children.html#comment-6638 My youngest's chore chart is the way we encourage good habits. My youngest's chore chart is the way we encourage good habits.

]]> By: Kimberly Dawn http://lifeasmom.com/2009/10/7-ways-to-encourage-your-children.html#comment-6637 Kimberly Dawn Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:43:58 +0000 http://lifeasmom.net/2009/10/7-ways-to-encourage-your-children.html#comment-6637 Oooh. Good stuff. I need to try some of these ideas. (particularly the 1/2 day focused on praise rather than pecking at every little thing!) Oooh. Good stuff. I need to try some of these ideas. (particularly the 1/2 day focused on praise rather than pecking at every little thing!)

]]> By: Donna http://lifeasmom.com/2009/10/7-ways-to-encourage-your-children.html#comment-6636 Donna Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:37:22 +0000 http://lifeasmom.net/2009/10/7-ways-to-encourage-your-children.html#comment-6636 Another encouragement for children is a little treat...I bought 5 of the Wendy's Trick or Treat coupon booklets for $5. That is alot of treats for my kiddies. its not just little kids that like treats, my youngest are 13, 15 and 16 and they like treats too. Another encouragement for children is a little treat…I bought 5 of the Wendy's Trick or Treat coupon booklets for $5. That is alot of treats for my kiddies. its not just little kids that like treats, my youngest are 13, 15 and 16 and they like treats too.

]]> By: Anonymous http://lifeasmom.com/2009/10/7-ways-to-encourage-your-children.html#comment-6634 Anonymous Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:14:46 +0000 http://lifeasmom.net/2009/10/7-ways-to-encourage-your-children.html#comment-6634 Great post! I needed this today. One way I try to encourage is to put a little love note... funny, sweet, encouraging, silly into my 1st grader's lunchbox every day. And I plan a few "mental health" days each school year where we sleep in and then go on an adventure.<br /><br />mamalibby Great post! I needed this today. One way I try to encourage is to put a little love note… funny, sweet, encouraging, silly into my 1st grader's lunchbox every day. And I plan a few "mental health" days each school year where we sleep in and then go on an adventure.

mamalibby

]]> By: Anonymous http://lifeasmom.com/2009/10/7-ways-to-encourage-your-children.html#comment-6633 Anonymous Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:45:59 +0000 http://lifeasmom.net/2009/10/7-ways-to-encourage-your-children.html#comment-6633 Oh, and it's okay to be a grumpy bear sometimes! I was a grumpy child. Grumpy Bear (the care bear) was my favorite - and still is! Oscar the Grouch was my brother's. Oh, and it's okay to be a grumpy bear sometimes! I was a grumpy child. Grumpy Bear (the care bear) was my favorite – and still is! Oscar the Grouch was my brother's.

]]> By: Tracey http://lifeasmom.com/2009/10/7-ways-to-encourage-your-children.html#comment-6632 Tracey Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:35:54 +0000 http://lifeasmom.net/2009/10/7-ways-to-encourage-your-children.html#comment-6632 We must have been dealing with similar issues, although mine are with girls! I just recently posted on Thirteen Ways to Encourage Your Children: http://girlstogrow.blogspot.com/2009/10/thirteen-ways-to-encourage-your.html<br />Thanks for giving me some additional ideas! We must have been dealing with similar issues, although mine are with girls! I just recently posted on Thirteen Ways to Encourage Your Children: http://girlstogrow.blogspot.com/2009/10/thirteen-ways-to-encourage-your.html
Thanks for giving me some additional ideas!

]]> By: Monica http://lifeasmom.com/2009/10/7-ways-to-encourage-your-children.html#comment-6630 Monica Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:55:20 +0000 http://lifeasmom.net/2009/10/7-ways-to-encourage-your-children.html#comment-6630 These are great ways to encourage our children!!! Thank you for listing them...it is true that they begin to notice and we need to be their encouragers. These are great ways to encourage our children!!! Thank you for listing them…it is true that they begin to notice and we need to be their encouragers.

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