ROADMAP: RAPID READS

Does parenting ever leave you feeling frustrated? 

Yeah, me too. 

Sometimes I get so dysregulated when I start to think my kids could be doing

better,

more, 

the things my way.

Do you ever feel that? 

One of the strategies I use in those moments is to pause and kindly ask, “Are you doing your best?”

Dr. Ross Greene reminds us that kids do well when they can. So I believe my kids, no matter what their answer is.

When they say “Yes,” I remind myself to breathe and then I do my best to let my expectations go. I trust that they know their best and that they are doing it. 

When they say, “No,” I ask them how I can help them or support them in their work, choices, tasks. 

If I am going to trust that my best is enough, my kids deserve that same trust.