For a couple of weeks after I first found this new mantra, I was great. I calmly doled out discipline. I separated my kids during battles without adding a level of hysteria to the situation. Things were calm in our house.
Then the holidays happened! And I’ve been spending way, way, way too much time with my kids. There’s nothing like traveling alone with your children – to different time zones! - to increase your stress level. Needless to say, I’m failing miserably at staying calm.
The best that I can hope for is that if I keep working at it, I’ll better learn to manage my emotions.
Or that my kids will just wear me out to the point where I don’t have enough energy to fight back!
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Keep on working on it, it sounds like you're doing great! Sometimes all I can manage is "Breathe" but it works.
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