Today I want to talk to you about positivity and optimism and how important it is to teach that to your children.
Imagine you've had a bad day and you come home and all you talk about are the things that went wrong. That's going to have a negative impact on your children and they'll probably run into their room, shut the door and not want to come out again until dinner time.
Instead, what you can do is come home and talk about all the things that went right, and if nothing went right, talk about the weather, or talk about someone you met on the train and had a great conversation with. Also when your children get home from school, don't ask them, "How was your day?" They are likely to say, "OK" or "Not great." Instead, ask them a more thought provoking question that's going to get them communicating, such as, "What great thing happened today?" or "What was the best thing that happened today?" "What challenges were you able to overcome today?" Something like that is going to get them talking and get them thinking positively.
So give it a try and see how it goes. You probably will have to put some attention on it, because if it's not a habit, then you need to practice until it becomes normal.
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