Have you ever closed your eyes and imagine how you’d like your child to be in the future? I was asked to do exactly that when I attended the Empowering Your Child with Positive Discipline workshop by Julia Gabriel. I was told to imagine what Lauren would be doing in 5, 20, 40 years from now. And then imagine myself there. How will our relationship be? It was quite confronting, really.
You see, I knew I wanted my children to do well in school, and to do whatever they are passionate about when they grow up. I’ve even thought about them finding true love and settling down. But I’ve never gone into the specifics and I found myself a little overwhelmed by the process.
Will they be happy? Has self-confidence? Compassionate?
Who we’d like them to become is very much dependent on what we are teaching them NOW.
This is just a snippet of what I’ve learnt last weekend. I will write more on what I’ve learnt during the workshop in upcoming posts.
In the meantime, try this exercise. Close your eyes and imagine your child in the future. How would you describe him/her?
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