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More 1 thing parenting keeps teaching me:

Children repeat what they hear.
Not immediately.
But eventually.

You will hear the words you use today come out of their mouths tomorrow.

That’s why I try to notice small wins.

“Thank you for helping.”
“I saw that.”
“Good thinking.”

Sounds to be little words, yet they travel.

One day they’ll be busy building their own lives. For now, I’m choosing the time we have.

Hello again, friends.
It’s been a little while since I shared something here.

But parenting has a funny way of giving you reminders when you least expect it.
Recently I heard my daughter encouraging her school mate with the same words I often say to herr.

Surely, children carry our words further than we think.

So here’s a small parenting habit worth keeping; notice the good, say the good and celebrate it.

Praise doesn’t just build confidence, but
it becomes the voice they use with others.

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The other day my daughter surprised me.

She used words I didn’t even know she had picked up from me (kind, affirming, gentle).

And it hit me. Our kids do not just copy our corrections.
They copy our encouragement.

That’s why it's cool to try to notice the good more often than their mistakes.

When you catch them doing something right, you’re filling their emotional tank.

Those words of praise become their “language of positivity” the same one they’ll carry forward to others.

Too many of us parents polish over their kids’ mistakes, then wonder why they grow up entitled and brittle.

We forget (almost oblivious) to the fact that

Life won’t clap for bad behaviour

It will humble them.

Better they feel the sting of accountability in our kitchen than the slap of reality in the world.

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Nobody’s Coming to Say Yes

For the longest time, I kept waiting.

Waiting for someone to tell me I was ready.
Waiting for a sign it was the right move.
Waiting for approval that never came.

I even did this with my own writing. For years, I had the dream of publishing children’s books and starting on KDP. But I told myself I wasn’t ready. I convinced myself I needed more research, more skills, more time.

The truth is, I was waiting for permission.

And one day it hit me: no one was coming to give it.

There’s no approval stamp.
No green light.
No magical nod that says, “Okay, now you’re allowed.”

The only permission that matters is the one you give yourself.

Because while I was waiting, others were creating.
They were learning on the fly, improving as they went, building momentum.

So I stopped waiting.
I published.
I learned through the process.
And keep on I figuring things out step by step.

If you’ve been waiting for someone to say yes, this is your reminder: it has to come from you.

Edit:

What’s something you’ve been waiting to “get permission” for that you could actually start today?