honestly the n° 1 thing that helped me get more disciplined and stick to my word for myself was imagining that I had a kid. like if I said they were supposed to do homework and then take a bath and go to bed, would I let them walk all over me day in and day out just ignoring what I said to do? no I wouldn’t. I would go in there, turn the tv off, and make them go do homework like I said bc there is nothing on that tv that is more important right now. so if I as a parent would enforce this, why am I so lackadaisical with myself? am I not someone’s child? am I no more important than my hypothetical child who needs structure? sometimes you have to “parent” yourself, put your foot down, and make your “child” do what needs to be done for their own good bc you know that when they get older they will appreciate you for not letting them run amok like the kids on super nanny. bc a lot of us truly are behaving like the kids on super nanny but to ourselves and it’s not looking good!
we yell at the screen like “they wouldn’t eat so much junk if the parents would stop buying it for them! 😡” but what about yourself? “I can’t believe they let that little boy just play on the phone all night instead of getting sleep he needs!” but what about yourself? stop being your own brat and start parenting yourself better.
