Cool. Thanks, Love and Patricia. I think you're right. It probably would come more from action and SHOWING rather than telling. Hmmm... You're right, Love, that it's a hard one to deal with, let alone being a child and trying to take control. I guess I thought it might be easier because children so often switch emotions so fast; they're in torment, and five minutes later, they're fine. But he's not so young anymore, he's a young little man.
And Patricia, I think you're right as well--lead by example. I love your story about your 7-year-old cousin.
Yeah, I've learned the best thing with him when he mentions he's upset is actually NOT to talk about it to make it seem better--because then he gets depressed when he wasn't before, but I don't want to NOT talk about what he's bummed about.
As you can see, I'm pretty new to parenting, so I appreciate the input! I would love to teach him some principles, but he's also highly skeptical, as kids are at that age, because he thinks he knows more than he does. Anyway, thank you so much for the input.  |