Things You Learn in Therapy
Things You Learn in Therapy
Day 23 - 25 days, 25 ways to a better Christmas morning
THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE! If you have listened to NO OTHER day but this one, THIS IS THE ONE TO HEAR!
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Hello folks, so welcome to day 23 of our 25 days, 25 ways to a better Christmas morning. And I have my trusty old reindeer hat on today. Jingling. Which is funny. That motion was just really funny. Anyway, okay, so today is maybe not as sort of fun, uh, but very important. So today's reminder and uh tip for today is to remind your kids about what your expectations are for them for Christmas morning. So uh our kids often are just behaving the way they think is best in that moment. And for many of our kids, they haven't developed self-control, uh inhibition, a filter when they get a gift that they don't love, they basically just say they hate it, and then you end up getting frustrated with them, and then it's not a fun Christmas morning. So I would encourage you to first think about what are your expectations for them, and how can we share those expectations with them? So that might include uh not waking up until a certain time. I know uh growing up our uh we always had a time limit, right? Like don't come out of your room until like 6 a.m. or something. I don't remember what it was. It was probably like seven, but it felt like noon, you know, when you're growing up. So it may start with sharing when they're allowed to get out of the bed. It may include responses to gifts, whether they love them or they don't love them. It may include um, you know, participating in cleaning up. It may include uh looking at uh another person who is opening a gift while it's not your turn to open a gift. I don't know what those expectations might be for you and your family on Christmas morning, but I do know that kids don't know them unless we tell them. And even if you've told them last year, remember that was 365 days ago that you told them what you wanted them to do. So a lot has happened since then. So you might want to just remind them today and then remind them again, maybe Christmas Eve or even Christmas morning, to say, hey, remember that we talked about how my expectations for you are fill in the blank, right? Whatever that might be. So happy um chatting about Christmas morning expectations, and we've got two more days to go.
