056 A Mother’s Rule of Life: Parent
This week, we’re discussing all things Parenting and continuing our series on Holly Pierlot’s book, A Mother’s Rule of Life. (The series started back in Episode 50, so start there if you’re just joining us!
This week, we’re discussing all things Parenting and continuing our series on Holly Pierlot’s book, A Mother’s Rule of Life. (The series started back in Episode 50, so start there if you’re just joining us!)
Links/Resources Mentioned This Episode:
- Sharing about our decision to start homeschooling next year: While You Were Folding Episode 055: If I Ran the Zoo: Our Decision to Homeschool
- The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White
- Other parenting experts I’d point you to:
- Janet Lansbury – Unruffled podcast, No Bad Kids
- Dr. Daniel Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson – co-authors of The Whole-Brain Child and The Power of Showing Up, he wrote No Drama Discipline
- Dr. Meg Meeker – Parenting Great Kids with Dr. Meg Meeker, many books
- Dr. Laura Markham, creator of ahaparenting.com and author of Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids: How to Stop Yelling and Start Connecting
- Working Out Your Essentials:
- Hygiene
- Clothing
- personal prayer
- Sports
- Hobbies
- Friends
- Catechism
- Sacraments: Mass, Confession
- school/homework
- sleep, naps
- For each essential item, decide:
- What supplies or materials are needed
- Where belongings go
- Put it into a schedule (decide with older children)
- Make charts and post them
- When can I help the kids?
- When you hit a speed bump:
- Confusion → more teaching and modeling
- Complaining → revise expectations
- Lacking motivation → something to look forward to
- Doing things grudgingly → importance of what they’re doing, teach to “offer it up”
- Sneaking away → make a freedom-within-limits choice (example: do the thing at another time)
- Sloppy work → stories of saints, logical consequences, suspension of privileges
- Keep an eye on how you are behaving
- Involved enough? Too much? Loving and patient? Consistent? Supervising? Teaching and modeling skills and virtues?
Next time: A Mother’s Rule of Life: 5th P, Provider
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Questions for you
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- Did you have the appropriate respect for parenting before you became a parent? What part of parenting is proving to be the most difficult for you? Have you brought your parenting challenges before God and asked Him for wisdom and help? Is there a mom a step or two ahead of you that you could meet with on a regular basis for some mentoring?
- Are your children’s essential needs being met? Does your family need to make some changes in your schedule to meet everyone’s needs? Is your day-to-day schedule reflecting your family’s values?
- Are you guilty of unrealistic parenting expectations? Do you resent “tending the garden” when it comes to parenting matters like discipline or teaching skills (like housework)?
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