As the years progress I still think sitting on my hands is my best parenting path. I share this post with you again today in honor of all the moms out there who find their own method for raising their own children in the very best way they know how. Thanks for all the time you’ve sacrificed, prioritized and invested in your kiddos. Happy Mother’s Day!
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If you could hear inside my head you would hear the mantra repeated over and over.
Sit on your hands. She’s doing fine.
Sit on your hands. You already know how to sew.
Sit on your hands. She is feeding herself and who cares if there is applesauce in her eyebrows?
It takes literal physical restraint for me to let my daughter do it herself sometimes. I see her struggling and I just want to reach out and help her, to get her past the hard part, to do it for her, but I don’t. My hands start to move from my side toward her and I stop them. It is the hardest, most important parenting lesson I teach myself over and over: she will only learn to do it for herself if I stay out of her way.
Friday night she decided she wanted to learn how to knit…
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Afthead 
…still great advice 🙂
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So very hard to do sometimes….
Actually, I need to read this to my spouse. He usually tries to help me, which is awesome, but I usually scream “I DO IT I DO IT” lol
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