Courage Tip of the Day – Lion's Whiskers https://lionswhiskers.com A parenting coach and a children's book author discuss raising their kids to have courage for the challenges on the path ahead Tue, 03 Apr 2018 11:03:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 Courage Tip of the Day https://lionswhiskers.com/2011/06/courage-tip-of-day_22.html https://lionswhiskers.com/2011/06/courage-tip-of-day_22.html#comments Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://lionswhiskers.com/?p=222 Read more...]]> Write yourself a thank you note.

Be sure to note all the things you do that make you an awesome parent! (i.e. showing up at your child’s play or sports events, apologizing when you raised your voice, reading a bedtime story even when you’re tired, listening intently to your child recount his/her day, being on time, making healthy meals…day after day after day, coaching your child to be courageous even when you were afraid!)

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Be a HIGHLIGHTER for your kids. When you see them do something challenging, even if it’s as simple as remembering to hang up a coat or take turns, tell them you noticed! That’s encouragement.

What we notice, we get more of!

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Tell your kids about a time you were scared; they don’t always realize that grown-ups feel fear, too. This helps to normalize fear as a part of life. Through story you can help teach them to listen to their fear as their own alarm system, (like Peter Parker’s aka Spiderman’s ‘Spidey sense’) and also how to overcome both real and imagined fears.
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Write your child a thank you note today. What? Your child can’t read or write yet? That’s okay, you can! 

Maybe even enclose a drawing of your own?  Our kids love to see and even giggle over our drawings.

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(Living in Japan and other parts of Asia for many years, Lisa had the honor of visiting many homes with small shrines in family living rooms where each family member practiced daily devotional meditation or sent prayers of thanks to their ancestors.  Complete with food, drink, candles, and/or incense offerings.)


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Dr. Brené Brown’s (2010) research shows that joyful people actively write, say, and offer prayers of gratitude as a primary spiritual courage workout.
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(a knitting project that just got too hard and the yarn all tangled?  a room half painted deep ruby red that looked so good in Home Depot?  a novel stopped just as the plot thickened? a skating class that you quit where you’d fallen on your butt too many times to count?)

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