Caring for Yourself

For the past six weeks, I have been taking a class from BYU-Idaho on parenting and I have been learning a lot about how parents can improve their interaction with their children. There were a lot of things that I thought I already knew enough about, but I was surprised by how much more I understood a topic or what I could do to improve what I was currently doing after learning about it in this class. In this blog, I would love to tell you some of what I have learned. 
Right away, one of the first things we did I just loved. We were given a "Personal and Relationship Inventory" in the first week where we discussed the subject of "Care for Self". I learned a lot when I took the survey and it helped me think of areas in which I can improve as well as areas where I feel I am doing well in. I liked it so much, that I did a family night using it and had my husband and children take the survey for themselves. We then discussed what they learned or better understood about themselves after taking the survey. It was a great discussion and with multiple teenagers in our home, it was a great way for my husband and I to learn a little more about them while at the same time helping them to understand that evaluating our personal strengths and weaknesses is something that is good for us to do every once in a while. 

Another thing that I understood from this lesson is that we as parents need to make sure we are caring for ourselves in order to do our best work in caring for others. The mere fact that the first lesson in this semester is about caring for ourselves helped me to understand that even better. 

A little motivational meme for feeling good about yourself when you are choosing to take care of you!





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