Patience is a Virtue... (With Advice from my Husband! 😃) // LOH Contest #186 (ENG-ESP)
#1. Patience
Patience is the most important and essential trait that a parent must possess, regardless of the child's age. Think about the amount of patience you need to possess in order to interact with the average adult -- even people that you love! 🥵 Now imagine the patience it takes to handle a human being that has just come into the world, has only known instant gratification, has no idea how to regulate their feelings, takes all of those feelings out on you, and relies on you for everything! 🤯 It is an extremely tasking role and responsibility.
While children are busy navigating through all of these experiences, feelings and thoughts, the last thing their protector should be doing is exploding, thereby tainting the memories for the child... It's why patience is vital, and will be necessary during all stages of a child's life.
My Husband's Note:
Take our oldest daughter, for example. If there's no patience, it's never going to happen; she's never going to listen. At least with patience, it will happen (in due time).
#1. Paciencia
La paciencia es el rasgo más importante y esencial que debe poseer un padre, independientemente de la edad del niño. Piensa en la cantidad de paciencia que necesitas para interactuar con un adulto promedio, ¡incluso con personas que amas! Ahora imagina la paciencia que se necesita para manejar a un ser humano que recién viene al mundo, solo ha conocido la gratificación instantánea, no tiene idea de cómo regular sus sentimientos, se desquita todos esos sentimientos contigo, y ¡confía en ti para todo! 🤯 Es un rol de gran tarea y responsabilidad.
Mientras los niños están ocupados navegando a través de todas estas experiencias, sentimientos y pensamientos, lo último que debería hacer su protector es explotar, contaminando así los recuerdos del niño... Es por eso que la paciencia es vital, y será necesaria durante todo Etapas de la vida de un niño.
Nota de mi marido:
Tomemos como ejemplo a nuestra hija mayor. Si no hay paciencia, nunca sucederá; ella nunca va a escuchar. Al menos con paciencia, sucederá (a su debido tiempo).
#2. Understanding
Not compassion. Not empathy -- understanding. Both compassion and empathy involve yourself and incorporating your own feelings into the equation, when sometimes the best course of action is simply neutral understanding.
Taking the compassionate approach also puts you in a vulnerable position because your emotions make it easier to take advantage and manipulate you. An understanding perspective allows you to do what is necessary, even if it's "mean," without the chance of a young child playing with your emotions.
My Husband's Note
Understanding allows you to take yourself out of the equation, to see the bigger picture, to put yourself in the child's shoes. It helps you remember what things feel like at their age. Too many parents parent from the perspective of the adult world...
#2. Comprensión
No compasión. No empatía: comprensión. Tanto la compasión como la empatía implican que usted mismo incorpore sus propios sentimientos a la ecuación, cuando a veces el mejor curso de acción es simplemente una comprensión neutral.
Adoptar un enfoque compasivo también te coloca en una posición vulnerable porque tus emociones hacen que sea más fácil aprovecharse de ti y manipularte. Una perspectiva comprensiva le permite hacer lo que es necesario, incluso si es "malo", sin la posibilidad de que un niño pequeño juegue con sus emociones.
La nota de mi marido
La comprensión le permite salir de la ecuación, ver el panorama más amplio y ponerse en el lugar del niño. Te ayuda a recordar cómo se sienten las cosas a su edad. Demasiados padres crían desde la perspectiva del mundo adulto...
#3. Discipline
The first two traits will be necessary in order to possess the third: discipline. Because no matter how patient and understanding a parent can be, discipline will be needed not only to correct bad behaviors before they grow, but to assert your role as the leader. The relationship between parent and child should not be as "friends." It is the parents' responsibility to mentor and guide the child with their years of experience, to protect the child against evil influences that the parents are aware of, and to raise exemplary members of society. All of this will require discipline.
(Do not misconstrue my wording. "Discipline" should not equate to abuse of any kind. Discipline means using a stern voice, ensuring children participate in experiences when they don't want to, saying no even when it's hard...)
My Husband's Note:
Don't just preach about discipline; practice it as well. Your child being able to witness you practicing discipline in day-to-day life will help them make the connection to become disciplined themselves.
#3. Disciplina
Los dos primeros rasgos serán necesarios para poseer el tercero: la disciplina. Porque no importa cuán paciente y comprensivo pueda ser un padre, la disciplina será necesaria no sólo para corregir los malos comportamientos antes de que crezcan, sino también para afirmar su papel como líder. La relación entre padres e hijos no debe ser de "amigos". Es responsabilidad de los padres orientar y guiar al niño con sus años de experiencia, protegerlo contra las malas influencias de las que los padres son conscientes y criar miembros ejemplares de la sociedad. Todo esto requerirá disciplina.
(No malinterpretes mis palabras. "Disciplina" no debe equivaler a abuso de ningún tipo. Disciplina significa usar una voz severa, asegurar que los niños participen en experiencias cuando no quieren, decir no incluso cuando es difícil. ..)
Nota de mi marido:
No se limite a predicar sobre la disciplina; practicarlo también. El hecho de que su hijo pueda ser testigo de usted practicando la disciplina en la vida diaria le ayudará a establecer la conexión para volverse disciplinado.
All amazing points! I very often have to take myself down a few notches to put myself in my sons shoes and it’s challenging but incredibly important for the situations at hand. I can get frustrated but have to remember his age and things are a certain stage of development but I don’t necessarily want to speed that up.
One of the things I am making sure to do is be a better communicator, by sitting down with him after we fight about something and talk about it. Where I went wrong, what he was feeling and things like that. I tend to get a little stubborn sometimes but I have been making a big effort to stop that when appropriate and figure out how to talk it out. Hoping that he’s a better communicator when he’s older compared to me!
There have been too many times where I have diminished or dismissed our children's feelings because I can't truly see what's going on in their world. Like our oldest was whining in the stroller, I attributed it to her just being cranky and tired; turned out there was a rock in her shoe that was bothering her 😅
But your comment is lovely because I ultimately think that's what life is all about, isn't it? To have children, raise them to the best of our capabilities, so that they can turn out "better" than we did 🥺🙏
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