Comments on: Teaching Patience to Children

By: Jen

Jen — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:05:05 +0000

THANK YOU for the great feedback, everyone!!

By: e-Mom

e-Mom — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:27:40 +0000

Missing you Jennifer, and keeping you in prayer. :~D

By: Don’t Get Mad!

Don’t Get Mad! — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 02:59:46 +0000

[...] up on my last post about teaching patience to children, here is another great resource I discovered on overcoming anger. I’ll be going through this [...]

By: tipper

tipper — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:27:45 +0000

Very neat post with great informaiton. My girls are a mixture of fiesty and flexible and I’m always looking for ways to make life easier. I hope this helps you in the classroom too.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 04:01:31 +0000

Could it be that these are my kids to a tee…in order? Weird. I have some reading to do! Thanks!

By: Julie

Julie — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:24:58 +0000

This was so helpful!! I have a feisty (yet persistent and very focused) number one child…I feel like I fail often with him.

#2 is quite flexible – goes with the flow in life, always content, and also very focused.

When one is SOOO easy and one is SOOOO hard it can be such a challenge to not look like we have a favorite. We love them both so much, but the strategies, as you have laid out here, are simply different for these 2 kids of ours!

Thanks for your post!

By: Rob at Kintropy

Rob at Kintropy — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 04:35:43 +0000

Thanks for the info. I hope your return to the classroom is going well?

With our two kids, I think the hardest thing is our daughters physical inability to communicate well. When we do understand her, I think she mistakes our non-compliance with her instructions/demands with lack of understanding. That frustrates her to no end! Something of a typical four-year-old reaction, I think, but compounded by her communication challenges.

So we do try some of the things you’ve mentioned about, but I found a few new ones or fresh ways to think about approaching her. Thanks again!

By: Veggie Mom

Veggie Mom — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 20:24:31 +0000

I agree with you–being a teacher involves having a tremendous amount of patience! I teach high school, so the identifying signs are somewhat blurred sometimes, but your guide is a good one to refer to. BTW, I’m hosting a Recipe Week on my blog, starting tomorrow. Please stop by and see what’s cookin’!

By: sheila

sheila — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 15:14:38 +0000

Well, I’m glad you posted it just for me! :) I only have a class of 2 (my boys) but one of them is the fiesty child :)

Breaking pencils, kicking somehting nearby when frustrated or angry, throwing things is a nearly daily issue. I’m glad to read some ideas here although I don’t tend to go that way myself. I personally believe that it’s a matter of teaching my son self-control, which means giving him the oppurtunity to lead and be in control of a situation, backed by heavy consequences for destroying or hurting things when he impulsively acts out. I remind him of the “rules” daily also, which seems to help and try to remember to praise him HEAVILY if I see that he’s frustrated yet chooses to deal with it in a controlled manner rather than hitting or breaking something. I tell him he’s allowed to say, “I’m angry!” or “I’m frustrated!” but he’s not allowed to destroy things.

We seem to be making some headway with this fiesty gift of God, but it’s definantly requiring me to be patient and confess my wrongs when I get frustrated or angry with him. I don’t know how this might be worked out in a classroom setting though with kids that aren’t yours.

May the Lord grant you wisdom!
sheila

By: Heather Young

Heather Young — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 12:55:33 +0000

It is hard trying to be both teacher and counselor (that is what I did because I was a special ed teacher and essentially that is what special ed teachers do unless, like in our state, they end up spending all their time doing paperwork.) Glad you found something to help though I would add another type in there–none of those line up with my older 2 kids, especially my middle who is VERY sensitive and empathetic and needs LOTS of hugs and no harsh words or crowds in order to cope.