As moms, we want to be patient, calm and loving. But sometimes we all lose our tempers!
Join April and Saren as they discuss how you can minimize temper flare-ups through:
- Knowing your triggers (lack of sleep, lack of food, lack of exercise, too much planned for too little time, etc.)
- Communicating with our husbands and children about our needs and how we need their help to be the kind and patient mothers and wives we’d like to be
- Stepping back to gain more perspective (realizing some things really don’t matter, reminding ourselves that our children are young and that they can’t help doing some things that are really hard on us sometimes, remembering that our kids aren’t TRYING to make us angry)
- Establishing realistic expectations as we go into different situations (if we expect our kids to be totally cooperative and helpful and our schedule to go as planned, we’re bound to be disappointed, and disappointment can spark serious anger)
- Coming up with set responses you’ll use when you’re feeling pushed to the edge (taking deep breaths, walking away and giving yourself a little “time-out” in another room, etc.)
- Apologizing to our children when we’ve lost our temper – helping them see our human-ness and helping them learn to own their own behavior and say sorry through our example
Show Notes
5 Ways to Deal with Emotional Earthquakes (great video clip included)
Positive Parenting with Amy McCready (podcast)
Click here for a PDF summary of the podcast.
* Music from Creations by Michael R. Hicks.
* Image by FreeDigitalPhotos – Fire extinguisher by Stoonn
