Powerful Positive Parenting Philosophy Changed Life for Me and My Children and My Teenagers

When I became a mom, it was the best feeling in the world. I believe you don’t really know what love is until you hold your own child in your arms. I remember staying awake all night staring at him. I would look forward to when he would wake up so I could look at him even more deeply and build a bond with him. I was the one that was going to protect him, love him and be there for him.

I was going to be a great parent. My kids were going to be different because I would be so loving, understanding and cool. I remember reading a book called Kids are Worth it, written by Barbara Coloroso. She talked about jellyfish parenting styles, brick wall parenting styles and backbone parenting styles. I chose to work with the backbone parenting style. This would be a parent who would stick to her guns with time-outs and discipline techniques, but also be able to bend with understanding. I also watched Super Nanny Jo Frost a lot. I loved how she was able to create order in chaotic homes.

As my son grew older he was depressed, angry and lethargic. He would say things to me like “I want to kill myself.” This was heartbreaking to me and I remember always thinking that it was my job as a parent to make my children happy. Time-outs and punishment seemed to create more and more negative feelings between my son and me. It was always such a hassle to get him to do anything that I ended up doing everything myself. After having three more children and experiencing the same end result with all four children, with different variations, I found myself a single mom in a state of hopelessness.

I met a gentleman in January of 2011 named Thomas Liotta. We were both involved with personal development, and we decided that we were going to work together to help people reach success in their lives. I was a success coach and inspirational speaker for adults, but my real passion was to help the children realize how great they are so they can have self-confidence, joy and success in their lives.

When Thomas began to interact with my children I saw that he used a positive parenting strategy every time, with fantastic results. The children seemed happier when he was around and they always behaved wonderfully, but as soon as he would leave I was back to unhelpful, lazy and ungrateful children. These strategies were so unique I began to look for them online. I couldn’t find these positive parenting strategies anywhere.

I found out that Thomas had owned a Martial Arts School in Seattle, WA, where he ended up with thousands of children enrolling and he was forced to work with 50 - 100 plus children at a time. He developed a philosophy for child rearing that incorporates guiding behavior with all positive parenting and does not use punishment techniques at all. This program was so powerful it was nominated and inducted into the US Martial Arts Hall of Fame for being the most creative After School Program for children and teenagers.

I began to use these strategies with my children and saw incredible positive results. Three out of four of my children had been diagnosed with ADD and my youngest son’s behavior was so bad that when he had a temper tantrum in class last year they had to evacuate the classroom! That is when I began to phone Thomas daily to ask him advice on how to deal with my children. He always had a simple to use strategy for every situation which allowed me to always say yes to my children while receiving better results in their behavior, production and gratitude. I also saw a huge improvement in overall self-confidence, happiness and authentic joy. Today my children are all excelling in their classroom, they are not on any kind of prescription medication, and they now realize that if they choose to create something in their life, they are in control of making things happen. Now I am experiencing more peace and fun in parenting.

After seeing the amazing positive shift in all areas of my family’s lives because of the positive parenting solutions found in the Creating Champions for Life philosophy, I changed the direction of my life from helping adults who have self-limiting beliefs to helping adults raise their children with positive parenting solutions. This positive parenting philosophy allows parents to raise children who act with self-control, responsibility and self-discipline. This positive parenting philosophy allows the children to be independent, happy and confident.

I encourage you, as a parent, to visit www.CreatingChampionsforLife.com and find out all you can about this amazing positive parenting philosophy, Creating Champions for Life.