How Often Do You Tell Your Child Something Positive
Posted by Denny on 09 May 2008 at 06:00 am | Tagged as: Parenting Tips
During my research today I came across an incredibly sad statistic:
The average child hears 432 negative statements per day and only
hears 32 positive statements per day.
It’s no wonder why our children are stressed, depressed, and not excited
about growing up. This is not the example we need to be setting.
Parenting Challenge
Step 1 - Click on the Comments button at the end of this article and leave
a comment saying that you Accept This Challenge.
Step 2 - Click the Share This button and forward this article to any other
parents you know and see if they are willing to accept the challenge.
Step 3 - For the next 7 days, track how many times you say something negative
to your children vs. how many times you say something positive.
Step 4 - Come back to this article and click on the Comments button and
leave your results.
I am excited to see how many parents are willing to STEP UP and not only
accept the challenge, but be willing to follow through and post their TRUE numbers.
This is your chance to become the role model that I have discussed time and
time again in this blog. If you don’t take action now, I am concerned you will
never be able to help your child be confident.
Accept this challenge!
I accept this challenge and I will succeed in eliminating negative words by replacing them with positive ones.
I accept this challenge and pledge that my children will go to sleep knowing that I love them unconditionally.
Tracked my positive comments with one child for 7 days and came up with 25 for the week. The process of monitoring the number forced me to see just how directive my interactions frequently are in a busy household and to make a conscious effort to improve the quality of our communications. I know my children repond much better to building off of successes-vs-harping on them which warrents my full attention.