Joe Reilly offers us a wonderful way to remember how to come back to ourselves.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggMMLZZDFKc&app=desktop
Play this song alone or with your kids.
If you feel like you are getting stressed and might start to yell, just turn this song on and do the A-B-C-D-Es of not yelling.
- A = “Ask yourself what you are feeling and thinking.”
- B = “Become aware of your breathing.
- C = “Calm down before you discipline.”
- D = “Decide what your child needs.”
- E = “Empathize with what is going on with your child.”
The emphasis of A-B-C-D-E is to take your time before you discipline.
This concept is explained in detail in Chapter 6 of my book, “Is That Me Yelling.” You can get a copy May 1, 2014. But for now you can read chapter one at http://www.nurserona.com/is-that-me-yelling/
There is so much we can learn from each other!