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Want to know how?\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Courier New\u0026quot;,Courier,monospace;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Courier New\u0026quot;,Courier,monospace;\"\u003EMom guilt.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Courier New\u0026quot;,Courier,monospace;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Courier New\u0026quot;,Courier,monospace;\"\u003EAfter the kids are tucked in bed, I begin to let my self slip into it pretty quickly.\u0026nbsp; How did I let them watch THREE movies today?\u0026nbsp; Why did I yell so hard when Mercy was brushing her hair with a toothbrush?\u0026nbsp; Did I really spend more time on the computer than with them?\u0026nbsp; Yes, that all happened today.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Courier New\u0026quot;,Courier,monospace;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Courier New\u0026quot;,Courier,monospace;\"\u003EIt's so easy for me to focus on the negative.\u0026nbsp; I go straight there, every single time.\u0026nbsp; Every time.\u0026nbsp; My old counselor once advised me to make a list of five positive things that happened in a day.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Courier New\u0026quot;,Courier,monospace;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Courier New\u0026quot;,Courier,monospace;\"\u003ESo along the same lines, I'm going to list the positive parent moments from today.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Courier New\u0026quot;,Courier,monospace;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Courier New\u0026quot;,Courier,monospace;\"\u003E1)\u0026nbsp; I let my girls play outside, while the baby watched them from inside.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; font-family: \u0026quot;Courier New\u0026quot;,Courier,monospace; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Dd3n_l8XdzA\/Tw-g7onPufI\/AAAAAAAAAKY\/0YtDYMWK2ts\/s1600\/blog1.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"213\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Dd3n_l8XdzA\/Tw-g7onPufI\/AAAAAAAAAKY\/0YtDYMWK2ts\/s320\/blog1.JPG\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Courier New\u0026quot;,Courier,monospace;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Courier New\u0026quot;,Courier,monospace;\"\u003E2)\u0026nbsp; I taught my daughter how to say \"cool dude\"\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; font-family: \u0026quot;Courier New\u0026quot;,Courier,monospace; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ciframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/video.g?token=AD6v5dzIHJtfSXlIB4bKJLrgTbHOhBJ2h_mqw9LBM_fvb17Y6-lJd0vzMHrCHEBb-SupmKD2XVnIhxtuk0qnu1uvAg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Courier New\u0026quot;,Courier,monospace;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Courier New\u0026quot;,Courier,monospace;\"\u003E3)\u0026nbsp; I read them a book from my own childhood, complete with accents and actions.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; font-family: \u0026quot;Courier New\u0026quot;,Courier,monospace; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-sD6hN5NvOb0\/Tw-hSJ4Dn3I\/AAAAAAAAAKg\/w75Z_r-S95g\/s1600\/blog3.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-sD6hN5NvOb0\/Tw-hSJ4Dn3I\/AAAAAAAAAKg\/w75Z_r-S95g\/s320\/blog3.jpg\" width=\"239\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Courier New\u0026quot;,Courier,monospace;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Courier New\u0026quot;,Courier,monospace;\"\u003E4)\u0026nbsp; I made them eat their fruits and veggies for every meal.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Courier New\u0026quot;,Courier,monospace;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Courier New\u0026quot;,Courier,monospace;\"\u003E5)\u0026nbsp; I made sure to hug them and tell them that I loved them.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Courier New\u0026quot;,Courier,monospace;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Courier New\u0026quot;,Courier,monospace;\"\u003EI feel much better.\u0026nbsp; Thankful to be able to remember those moments, which will hopefully outshine all the nasty negatives from today.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.megancordell.com\/feeds\/8888049717893256988\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.megancordell.com\/2012\/01\/thankful-thursday-positive-parenting.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2992458009156144390\/posts\/default\/8888049717893256988"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2992458009156144390\/posts\/default\/8888049717893256988"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.megancordell.com\/2012\/01\/thankful-thursday-positive-parenting.html","title":"Thankful Thursday: Positive Parenting."}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"meg"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/09546619783461331433"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"29","src":"\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEilQL7twZTeVtE2hJkjT88LZPQZSB1wEGnttPaiLX5oQi6DHVW6PZqsK_RqoE5he6wtRnoJ2sOFfSSvWC0JvjaPm7nZ_t83cfPF5OkdtPC8Q5BLSgPfSTDQJDAMTZrXcQ\/s220\/IMG_5218.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Dd3n_l8XdzA\/Tw-g7onPufI\/AAAAAAAAAKY\/0YtDYMWK2ts\/s72-c\/blog1.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}}]}});