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Quote #15
"Clinomania: (n.) excessive desire to STAY IN BED."
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June 7, 2017 Twenty-Third Edition
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Greetings!
I've once again collected all kinds of little bits of information, quotes, and this-and-that. So here's a jumble of stuff for this month.
Enjoy!
Love, Karen
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When your child keeps talking (and talking, and talking...),
tell them:
"Put your hand over
your mouth - you're
losing brain cells".
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Is your child using stuck behaviours to push you away?
Sometimes our kids get themselves stuck all week (or weeks!) and deep into trouble just to keep from being with you and feeling your love.
Pick a day when you can spend the whole day with your child, and then tell them,
"Today is not a stuck day."
Have them do chores with you, do some of Bruce Perry's 6 Rs, give lots of hugs, and have snuggle time with ice cream!
Sometimes our kiddos just need to be reminded that no matter how awful and yucky they act, they can't keep your love away.
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How do parents love their unlovable child?
With:
"Wonderful, Never Stopping, Never Giving Up, Unbreaking, Always and Forever Love".
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How cool is that, that the same God who created mountains and oceans, and galaxies, looked at you and thought the world needed one of you, too?
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This is our RAD kids:
If I had to describe myself using only one word it would be "doesn't follow directions."
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"Every time I meet the parents of a RAD kid, I tell them that they are my unsung heroes, every one of them, for attempting to do something that is against all the odds. Help a kid who otherwise has no chance at all - to at least glimpse the possibility of a normal life."
- Stephen Larson; The Neurofeedback Solution
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Sometimes I just want someone to hug me and say, I know it's hard. You are going to be okay. Here's a coffee and five
million dollars.
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Always wear your invisible crown.
Yes, even (especially!) on the days when you feel frazzled, frumpy, and decidedly un-queen-like.
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When your child acts their yuckiest and most unlovable is the time when they need your love and closeness the most.
So, pull them in for some Face-to-Face Time.
Have them sit on your lap, facing you, or hold them across your lap like for snuggle time. Play little baby games with them and be silly, just for a minute or two. Play peek-a-boo, tickle them, tell a fairy tale or a silly story.
Or, if your child is small enough, twirl them around in the air or play airplane. If they are too big to pick up, grab their hands and dance with them as you sing some silly song.
End with a big hug and send them back to what they were doing.
Think of your child (no matter how big!) as a little 4-month-old baby for these few minutes. That's how much closeness your child needs! Don't worry if your child scowls the whole time - just keep your eyes and voice soft and loving, and know that deep down inside, their heart is being filled up.
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"My Father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person:
He believed in me."
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"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you HOPE and a FUTURE."
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