517 Confessions of an Upset Mama! Are you paying attention to me?

It's confession day --- are you paying attention to me? I found myself asking this question when I read 62% of school-aged children say they're parents are too distracted when they try to talk to them. I began to self reflect on how I was doing as a parent. So I was bold. I asked my children and some of their friends.  Desire to be supported and encourage by other like-minded women? Join us at Women of IMPACT. http://bit.ly/WomenofIMPACT   And to most parents amazement, the final report of the poll was 100%!!!!!! I dug a little deeper. Give me some specific examples. Oh and the examples were verbalized! Are you paying attention to me? Your children want more information as they grow older. Think about it. When you are passionate about something, you want to dive in and get the most information. Your children are passionate about YOU! You are their true love. Teens are 40% less empathetic than 30 years ago. Where were you 30 years ago? How did you relate to others. We have to be very careful. Are we raising empathetic children or busy children? Empathy is vitally important in relationships. But we aren't teaching this. The ability to understand and share the feelings of others is crucial to living life. Research confirms that children imitate both kind and selfish behaviors modeled by adults. Are your children shouting out --- are you paying attention to me? Through temper tantrums. By being defiant - going against your rules. By ignoring you. How can you raise empathetic children? The K.I.S.S. ~ Plant the seeds of empathy! Look to whom you are speaking to. Be who you want to see. Respond how you would want to be responded to.   If you would like to go deeper and explore this further, let's get on a DISCOVERY CALL. Go to createyournow.com. This is free for you! You will walk away with at least one new action and more likely three. You are worth the time!!!   Would love to hear what you are working on. Send your challenges and celebrations to [email protected]   The Create Your Now Archive is LIVE!! You can subscribe and listen to all the previous episodes here.  http://bit.ly/CYNarchive1   PERISCOPE USERS!!! Click here for ANDROID Users / GOOGLE  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tv.periscope.android Click here for APPLE Users  https://itunes.apple.com/app/id972909677   THE NO FUSS MEAL PLAN Twitter@KristianneWargo@CreateYourNow Facebookwww.facebook.com/TheKISSCoach www.facebook.com/CreateYourNow Contact me at [email protected] Read more from Kristianne, a contributor of The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kristianne-wargo/   DOMESTICBEAUTIES (Announcements) 1. Come and let's connect on Facebook - Women Of IMPACT  http://bit.ly/WomenofIMPACT 2. Create Your Now Archive 1 is LIVE! You can subscribe and listen to all the previous episodes here. http://bit.ly/CYNarchive1 3. NEW Website! Go check it out and tell me what you think. http://www.createyournow.com 4. Sign Up for The A.I.M. Academy! You will be the first to learn all about it. http://createyournow.com/m-academy-2 5. Schedule a Discovery Call. This is a free 20-30 minute call.  5. Newsletter and Library: If you desire to get weekly emails,be sure to sign up here so you can stay connected. http://createyournow.com/library   Music by Mandisa - Overcomer http://www.mandisaofficial.com   Cover Art by Jenny Hamson