Gender Based Parenting

WHEW. This week has been a whirlwind of learning and reading.  So many thoughts have come to mind this week as we learned about the importance of interacting with your child and raising them based on individuals instead of raising them as boys or girls.  There was a video shared this week in class that I felt I wanted to share here on the blog, as we grow and learn together!

This baby has been with her mom since the day she was born.  She feels the emotions her mom feels and she reacts the way she thinks would be pleasing to her mom.  As the mom conducts the experiment by not reacting to the baby, my own heart broke.  I could see the confusion on her baby's face and I could see that the baby was trying all she could to regain the reaction of her mother.

This made me think of my own life and the things that my children do to try and get my approval and in a sense my love.  It made me think of the way my parents react to me and what I do to gain their approval and love.  

This week was such a good week for me to understand the way my children are developing and how I can better parent them.  I don't want my children to fear me or to do what I am telling them to do because they are scared of me.  I want to raise my children to be independent thinkers and I want to react to their decisions in a way that will benefit them and not discourage them.

Stay tuned for next week as we continue to LEARN AS WE GROW. 

-me