Today we'll talk about the importance of positive parenting. And by the end of our
conversation today, it will be very clear to you why that is an important choice
to make. In the interest of illuminating the obvious. Which is one of my favorite
activities. There are only 2 options. Honestly, when you think about it, either
we are positive in our parenting or what's the alternative?
Negative. I don't think that there's a neutral option. The fact that you're here
tells me so much about you. You're a conscious, concerned parent. You
want to adopt that positive position so that you can have an influence. Why is
that so important? Let's take the alternative for just a moment. --Negative
parenting. We have all kinds of studies and research and clinical experience
that tell us negative parenting brings about many of the ills that we are
concerned about in our society. We know for example that negative parenting can
lead to increased violence, increased crime rates, increased substance abuse. Do
you see how all of these things have such an impact on our society? I'm not
saying that it's parenting that causes all of those problems. I'm saying that
there is a high correlation between an increase in those problems and negative
patterns of parenting. What's the bottom line here? Negative parenting increases
misery. And for me really there's only 2 options. Either we're going toward
misery or we're going toward joy. Last year,
I had the opportunity to speak 3 times at the state prison. These are
members of our society who have through whatever choices they've made ended up
incarcerated. And many of them will tell me that some of those choices came from
their early experiences with neglect or abuse. And when I think about negative
parenting patterns, those words come to mind. There's all kinds of different
levels of that. But I think we've established that negative parenting
leads to very negative results, Not only for us and our kids, but for our society
as a whole. We're not here to talk about negative parenting, are we? We're all
about positive parenting. We got a whole playlist here on the channel called the
positive parenting playlist. Connect with that. As you become more conscious as a
parent and you choose positivity over negativity, some really cool things start
to happen. First and foremost, we put ourselves and our children in a better
position to succeed. The research is very clear about positivity increasing
productivity. And this is in any aspect of life. I teach this concept to
corporate groups, to sales teams, to customer service people. Positivity
increases productivity. That's something you get to provide for your own kids
through your positive parenting. Positive parenting also strengthens the very
fabric of our society. I believe that the core element of any healthy, productive
Society is the family. Positive parenting creates an
environment and the culture within that family that ripples out from there and
affects communities and states and provinces and countries and our entire
global community. This is where it starts. That's why it's so important. The bottom
line? For me, to remember I think there's only 2 possibilities or 2 potential
outcomes. It's either gonna be on the misery side or on the joy side. Positive
parenting increases joy. And if that's not a good enough reason to do it, then I
don't know what would be. In this video, as we're talking about the importance of
positive parenting, notice we haven't talked about how to do it. If you're
committed to positivity in your parenting, you can bring about some of
those amazing outcomes that we've talked about here today. To support you in that
cause, we've put together a whole playlist on positive parenting. I hope
that you connect to that and share it with other people that you love as well.
I'm so glad that you're here, that you're conscious, that you're connected, that
you're positive. Let's spread the word to as many people as we can. Would you click
on one of those share options below? I bet you can think of someone who would
really benefit from our conversation. And remember to connect to the positive
parenting playlist here on the channel and to the parenting power up which you
can also find links for down below.