Respect

An Average parent makes 18 disrespectful comments to 1 respectful comment. A healthy ratio is 3 positive comments to 1 not so positive. But disrespect is never acceptable. All people should be treated with respect.

Page 122- Screaming at infants!

Parents who speak disrespectfully to their children should reflect on if they would allow a friend or another adult speak to them that way.

This book has brought an awareness to the way that we interact with our children/students.

Mission Statement- In classrooms build in more character traits.

Everyone deserves equal respect- especially children.

An awareness of your power to build up or tear down another person is so important.

We HAVE to teach our kids virtues. Even at school- time must be made for these things.

Mackenzie Price (CDC) taught the kids a “bucket” lesson- we fill imaginary buckets for each other when we do nice stuff for each other, and when we do not nice things for each other we tip the bucket. Using this lesson at home.

We discussed Love and Logic Parenting and Love and Logic Teaching, We also talked about one-sentence interventions to build relationships:

“I have noticed that _________. I noticed that.”

This intervention is very, very effective in building self-esteem.