Kids need Affirmation to!
You are doing an awesome job!
Your feelings and voice matter! Today is going to be a good day!
You make great choices! You are loved!
Hello Friends!
No matter the age everyone can be affirmed. Teaching our children to love themselves should be at the top of every parents list of ways to help their children grow. If you are fortunate to have grown up with a healthy family unit you may have benefited from learning about how to love and empower your self. This was the latter for me however that does not mean that teaching my 16 year old son who is living with a genetic disorder is out of the question.
Often times we get so focused on making sure our children know how to do so many things that we bump right over teaching them how to love them selves. through out the years i have made sure to help Montora be able make choices, be independent as he can be and express how he feels. In his case this comes out as smiles, grunts, tears, slaps, kicking, bites, hair pulling and bowel movements. Lots of fun right! I do recognize that he has really hard days and some days are just a breeze so I like to set him up on a positive note. With MJ these affirmations also encourage him to just be and do better. He is genuinely nicer when he is given positive stimulation. His responses on his talker are more thought out, he communicates more consistently and he his hands are a lot quieter and his body is calm. He is such a gem in that way!
I help Montora with all aspects of self care and have implemented self affirmations that I say to him while brushing his teeth,same way as I do mine. Although he is non verbal I still treat him as I would any other child I have. I currently only have him but still claim my nieces and nephew as my kids as well. Its all love!
Peace and Light!
Taysha
Life with Montora 