Words

Eat your carrots.  You need to go take a shower now please.  It's too cold to wear shorts.  Yes, that's correct-that is the capital of Montana.  That is not an appropriate word.  

Don't forget to put your helmet on.  

I really like how you used these words to describe your character.  Watch out for 

                cars please.  You may not speak to me that way.  Cake is not an 

appropriate breakfast meal.  

Those are some great patterns and colors you chose.  It's important 

            to speak to others with kindness.  Sure, I'll play Uno 

               with you again.  Have fun at class.  

         Thank you for taking your laundry upstairs.  Yes, you need to

                include everyone.  Here's your gloves, please wear them.  

                      Wow, your handwriting is really improving.  

                    Sometimes life is hard.  

                  Mommy loves you.

They are just words.  But words have such power.

I'm a big believer that parenting, real parenting, happens in the everyday.  It happens in the quiet moments and the examples and behaviors we model to our children.  It happens in our actions and in our words.  It's here in the quiet, in the mundane that true parenting occurs.  Is is pretty?  No.  Is it perfect?  No.  But it has great power to shape your child- for good or bad.

The way we speak to our children becomes their inner voice- be careful with the words you choose.