Motherhood Lessons
by Alyssa Avant on September 2, 2008
in Just Memes
Welcome back!
I was tagged by Christina over at Moms Talk Network to do this new meme, Motherhood Lessons.
The object is simple: share with us and your readers a lesson that you learned from your own mom, a special mom in your life, or while raising your own children. There’s no right or wrong answers…just lessons that each of us can learn and implement with our own children.
Link your post back to this one, leave a comment below so we can visit and learn from you, and then tag 2-3 other moms to participate.
So, Here is my lesson: Be consistent.
One of the things my mom always did was she was consistent. She was consistent with everything, from always being there to listen, to always making dinner, to always following through with her discipline. She was consistent. Her consistency gave me something I could trust in, and helped me to feel secure. I want my children to feel that same security. Therefore, I strive to be consistnet with them as well.
I attempt to do this in several ways:
- by maintaining routines, morning routines, lunch time routines, bedtime routines.
- in my discipline methods.
- always having a family dinner together every night.
These are things that are important to me and that I believe are important for children to feel secure and loved. What about you? What lessons have you learned from your own mother that you have used in your life. I’m going to tag a few other mommas I know to tell us what they think including:
- Dr. Mommy @ Dr.Mommy Chronicles
- Tricia @ Tricia Gardner.com
Great lesson. Consistency is definitely the key to raising kids and being able to relate to your parents. There are so many things that you have to remain consistent in and the routine is the biggest one for us!
Thanks for sharing.
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Thanks for participating, Alyssa!
I find that being consistent was so much easier when my children were younger. Now that they are older and are able to reason or negotiate, it’s much harder to reinforce that consistency.
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Yes!! that is the biggest thing my husband and I say also! Both of my boys were potty trained either right before or right when they turned 2. It only took a week or less for both of them. People kept asking me how I did it — CONSISTENCY! I didn’t keep putting them back in diapers or giving them days off, I just made sure that every day I was doing the same thing! It’s the same way with discipline. This is a great lesson, thank you for sharing
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