PARENTING DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO EMPTY
By Amy Fenton
I’m a single mom, managing 3 kids, trying to take care of my house, the bills, the food, our schedules. I work full time, plus side jobs, and I often find myself parenting dangerously close to empty. I am reminded of a few principles from the book Leading on Empty that resonate in my parenting, that I want to share.
KNOW WHAT FILLS YOUR TANK AND WHAT DRAINS IT.
Make a list of “Fill” and “Drain” items. Our life, our very soul, has to be filled up in order to pour out. If I were to keep driving my car way past empty, my car would stall. If I only put 3 gallons of gas in each time I stopped to fill it, I wouldn’t make it very far. We are the same way. Are you putting less in than your giving out? . . .
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