Liz was a wonderful speaker, who was honest and with a great sense of humor. She also was the founding mentor of Monmouth MOPS for 10 yrs.
Take home message: You are the best mother your child can have and your instincts are right. From the beginning of time you were meant to be your child's mother.
-It is important to write down your strengths as a mother and focus on them. Studies have shown that people who focus on their strengths are 6X more likely to excel at a job and 3X more likely to be happy.
-Plan how you want to parent. Many things are instinctive but you have to plan and prepare for things like how clean you want your child to be, will you let them bite or talk back, etc.
Parenting Styles:
Authoritarian -demanding and not responsive
Authoritative -demanding and responsive
Permissive -responsive and not demanding
Uninvolved Parent -not responsive, not demanding
here are few links to quiz your parenting style
Quiz 1
Quiz 2
Quiz 3
Thoughts from Liz
-Don't let people steal your joy in parenting
-Out of control anger is never appropriate
-Your past has shaped your parenting
-Run things through the Lord
-Think about women in your life that mothered and auntied you that you want to be like.
-Always respect your husband's authority. Man bashing has no home
-If things crop up that you don't like in your parenting, change them or get help to change them.
Closed with Pslam 37:23-24
23 The LORD makes firm the steps
of the one who delights in him;
24 though he may stumble, he will not fall,
for the LORD upholds him with his hand.
Check out Liz's new Christian Bookstore in Monmouth called Cornerstone books.
