Celebrating the parenting event my hubby and I navigated together successfully with our 15 Yr old son last week. It was our worst nightmare and I was able to step back, trust my husband and not make it worse. Our son made the best possible choice just 3 days later. Thanking and praising God for answering our prayers and for all the family who loves and prays for him and for us diligently and daily.
He’s more open with us and working to earn back our trust. We could tell he was relieved he didn’t have to Live in deceit and his behavior changed almost overnight from sulky, non communicative, shutting us out to happy and free again!
By keeping the relationship the most important thing and not inflating his actions, but showing him we are on his side and we Believe in him, we won his ??.
Me not jumping into masculine energy, but Trusting was another key.
I am working to be the observer and let my emotions rise up in my heart, feel the pain and release it. “The untethered soul” book has been a treasure!
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The 12 month intense and not cheap relationship course we are in with Paul and Stacey Martino has helped us learn new skills this year for our marriage and our parenting. I highly recommend it. Learn more here:
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On a funny note, our son admitted last week that he thought shampoo was just for girls after he started showering on his own until about age 13. Now I know why after he got out of the shower and his hair was greasy and I asked him did you wash your hair, he said yes. I assumed he was lying, but he thought washing his hair was getting it wet in the shower. A bit of a parenting and communication fail.
Another funny fail is when I found out the way he knows to clean his ears is when he can’t hear me well with his ear buds. ?