I Will have to check out that book.
Ive made great efforts to make personal changes as well. I got a part time job and joined a book club
Have you read peaceful patent, happy kids by Laura Markham?
I'm just getting into it as I realized something in Me had to change as I also felt like I was running my children. I found myself yelling and treating them in a way that seemed like they weren't precious to me. Basically I was acting in a way that was the very opposite of how I felt.
The book is amazing and is becoming helpful. I listen to a bit a day and try to really internalize the information.
I think the book has been mentioned before but I never took notice and actually ordered it.
I recommend the audible version as the narrator has an amazing way of speaking.
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We don't follow him around to do things. We put everything at his level (clothes, tooth brush, ect) and tell him to go get dressed, brush his teeth, and clean his room. He's excited that he can do it on his own instead of feeling like we're breathing down his neck. He can get his toys by himself and is expected to pick them up to get a new one out. Because it's expected every time, he's not surprised when I ask so he doesn't fight. We taught him how to buckle himself in, so he doesn't act helpless. He took it upon himself to learn to wipe himself. He clears his table on his own and is excited and proud.
Absolutely!