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Resourceful Mommy started the “30 Days of Change” challenge today. Since I’m always looking for ways I can personally improve (and give me a reason to be more consistent around here), I thought, what the heck, why not try the challenge?

How the Challenge Works
Each day for 30 days (not necessarily consecutive) I will suggest a challenge for the following day. Try it and stick with it for the entire day. Did you see a change? How about after all 30 Days of Change? My hope is that we can change one very simple thing each day and the overall affect is general improvement in our lives, especially in the focus area of each challenge.

Parenting Challenge – Day One
Throughout the entire day tomorrow, say the word “no” to your children as infrequently as possible.

This challenge does not require that you allow them to do things that are unsafe or break major rules in your home. It asks two things of you as a parent. First, as parents our knee-jerk response is no instead of yes. How many times in a day do you say no when yes would have been just fine and your child would have been much happier? So it’s fifteen minutes until dinner and he wants to get out the Play-Doh. Would you all be happier if you have a bit more clean-up before setting the table, but he hears a yes instead of one more no in his day filled with boundaries? The other part of this challenge asks that you take a look at your word choice. Rather than shutting down your child with a no, can you offer a positive redirect as an alternative?

How is it going for me? Well…all I can say is luckily my husband had to do all the “No’s” today! LOL Normally, I’m the one but to make it easier for me, I just said…”I’m working right now so go talk to your dad.” I know, I know…perhaps I’ll do better with tomorrow’s challenge. I hope…

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