Almost everyday, one or more of my adult sons and daughters reach out to me to get my input on something. It’s always a highlight of my day and is the long-standing reward of being the go-to person from their childhood.
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What parent doesn’t want to be included among their child’s most valued advisors—or even better, their first choice?! That can be your reality with a little intentionality and consistency.
I’ve written previously about how using rewards to motivate kids’ behavior can be a lifesaving tool in training your children. I love this topic and want to talk further about setting up rewards for your kids.
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Keep in mind that what motivates one child may not necessarily be motivating for the next. So I love to find out what each child’s ways of giving and receiving love are. It’s a great way to differentiate rewards for each child. This is the beauty of setting up reward systems for each child: determining behaviors that need reinforced in individual kids as well as varying the rewards for each child.
We’ve all dealt with more discouragement that we’d like to admit. Working hard toward a goal and running up against obstacles every step of the way. Trying to form a new habit yet defaulting into old behavior. Trying to help someone we care about yet without equal effort on their part.
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The thing about discouragement is that it never just happens all at once—it’s a process. And a relatively predictable one.
Good health is the result of many factors. Genetics and past experiences can’t always be undone, yet what makes the biggest difference in better health are the choices we make now and the habits we form.
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That’s good news. It means we’re not as much victims as what it often seems like. Making better choices each day, taking simple steps and doing them consistently over a long time will make huge differences in the overall quality of your life.
