If I learned anything from this past weekends’ experience, it’s that I need a refresher. So while I wish I could attend one of Vicki’s classes, it’s just not in the cards for me/us. Vicki has one that starts tonight, so I figured I might as well start at the same time. At least I know there will be many other parents feeling the same angst I will be at the same time. Strangely, that helps.
I have the DVD’s and the Audio. Tonight I decided to go Audio – doing dishes and listening to the audio was great. I have wanted to introduce this to my kids for a while, and I figured with all the school, sports, work and various extra-curricular stuff going on, finding the time to sit down and watch the DVD with them was more than I could hope for right now. It worked, Thor tuned in here and there and stopped in his tracks to do so. Talua, not so much, but nothing really slows her down anyway. Yes, it slowed the night down, but that’s ok, we’re about to enter into DNSN anyway.
Other than the usual – do nothing say nothing stuff – I have to remind myself of two things
- This is DNSN interfering, which can be hard after a few go-rounds of the program, because the “non-interfering” strategies start to get used so much they themselves become interfering. But still, I will be posting the question “Are you interfering?” around the house. I think I tend to look at DNSN as a bit of a vaca from my responsibilities as a parent – and clearly that is not the purpose of this.
- I will also ask the question “how can you move this forward“? of myself, ALOT. Because that will help me in the next few weeks of this
OK. Off I go.
what a good idea to blog along with the class. I have a friend taking this class of vicki’s. Perhaps I should start over too! It would be so helpful to go through this with her fresh eyes and my perspective.
You should definitely do it! It’s nice to have the support – and having a friend do it for the first time will give you a fresh perspective!
Have fun!