No tantrums please

I'm trying to stick with my less-stress approach to parenting.

Life in general was getting a bit hectic and it had to slow down or I was heading for melt-down.

As I suspected, it was a vicious circle, and now that I have broken it, everything is slowing down and chilling out.

I didn't shout at the kids to get ready this morning (well, not repeatedly anyway!), and, even though we were much later leaving the house than normal, no-one was late for school....just!

I didn't shout at the kids at all to do their homework. I just calmly explained that it had been creeping later and later (give them an inch!!!) and that I had to be firm about it. Homework had to be done. So it was, with very little fuss or palaver, and in half the usual time!

So, stress free mum equals stress free everything else!!! Why didn't I work that one out sooner?????

Gratefully yours.
xx