Quotes & Wisdom

Stepfather Quote & Wisdom (Part 2) ~ John Locke

Strategies to Stop Parenting from Guilt


Mommy Guilt

Be Aware of Any Active Guilt Complexes

  • Awareness of your default programming and guilt complexes is the first and most crucial step in releasing old patterns.
  • Simply start by noticing where your thoughts or actions are motivated by guilt. Begin a journal of your observations.
  • Affirm to yourself frequently guilt is simply a choice and it may not serve you or your children.
  • Remind yourself you’re doing the best you can with the tools you have and your goal is to become wiser and stronger each day.

Choose “Being” Instead of “Buying”

  • The most important gift you can give your children is your love.
  • It gets more challenging to express that love on a daily basis simply because you now live for some portion of time under a different roof from your child.
  • Some studies have shown American parents spend less than 12 minutes daily connecting with their children.
  • When you are with your children they want YOU – your attention, your listening, and your physical presence.
    • Instead of buying your children’s affection, start a board game or read a book together. Those moments of connection will bring much stronger closeness and love than a dozen new computer games.

    What children need most is a parent who is both strong and loving.  A parent who can set firm and loving boundaries more than give presents and rewards. If you would like to learn more about how not to be a guilt driven permissive parent get John Rosemond’s book, “New Parent Power!”

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