Some people confuse respect and courtesy. Some people confuse nicey-niceness with respect. But real respect changes action and affects decisions.
photo by Holly Dodd
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Your kids will learn to respect you when they come to understand from experience what respect feels like to them.Sandra Dodd:
It can't happen all at once, but without taking the first steps, and the next, it will never happen.
"Respect your kids. Too many adults DEMAND respect from kids without showing any respect in return. Doesn't work." —Lyle Perry |
How do we as parents show that we respect our children, that we are parenting respectfully? One big way is by genuinely listening to them. One way is by being honest with them about our own feelings, and telling the truth about events, or unexaggerated truthful reasons about why things can or cannot occur.