Don’t punish and blame the child for what they repeat
Hold the adult accountable for what they say and do in front of the child.
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Don’t punish and blame the child for what they repeat
Hold the adult accountable for what they say and do in front of the child.
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This is so true, Colleen. Kids don’t listen, what we do, they copy our behavior.
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I see it time and time again. I am often horrified at what children say from what they have been exposed to.
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At my age, I remain, proudly confused.
It’s the best thing about me.
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I am glad I am not alone. I sometimes wonder when someone is going to call me out for pretending to be an adult.
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absolutely that. the adults are the models.
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Sadly, not always good ones.
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Yes,sadly
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That is why I’ve pushed back from what I was told and now make my own world. Yet still, those niggling “old” habits do pop up that I was taught and I have to see them in order to squash them and make new. Awesome post, Colleen!!
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Thank you AmyRose ❤
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You are welcome, Colleen! xo
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❤️👍
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🙂
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Thank you for this reminder … and setting such a great example here, MBC.
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As are you MBM. I love the quality of you.
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Aw, shucks, MBC.
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🙂
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So true, Colleen – I used to say that children are little amplifiers for our own sin.
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I love that Sheri. It really says a lot about what we expose our children to.
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Oh yesssss!
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Thank you Ute !
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Soooo true!!
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🙂
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To do otherwise feels cruel to me! We need to hear what comes out of our adult mouths…and ask who is listening!
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AMEN! People would be ASTOUNDED at what children tell me.
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This reminds me a little of the time, years ago, when I was telling my husband something that had happened during the day, and my young daughter chimed in with, “And then did you say, ‘What the hell?!'” Oops.
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😂now that’s funny. And it’s very tame considering the things that prompted me to write this!!!!
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