{"id":11781,"date":"2019-07-01T09:00:56","date_gmt":"2019-07-01T09:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress%20\/?p=11781"},"modified":"2019-08-01T17:47:35","modified_gmt":"2019-08-01T17:47:35","slug":"happy-4th-of-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/balancedparenting.com\/?p=11781","title":{"rendered":"Happy 4th of July"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11781\" class=\"elementor elementor-11781\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-567aff4a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"567aff4a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-521f0ab6\" data-id=\"521f0ab6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7200c8d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7200c8d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Happy July and Happy 4<sup>th\u00a0<\/sup>of July!<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><br \/>I hope you\u2019re all planning to spend time with family enjoying this summer weather and summer vibes.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><br \/>Independence Day is upon us, so let\u2019s talk about independence.\u00a0 One of the issues I lose sleep over is the need to teach our kids to be INDEPENDENT!<br \/>Not all parents see the need to foster independence in their kids\u2026maybe because it feels so good to be needed. But what about 20 years from now? 30 years from now?\u00a0 Do you want your fully capable adult child living in your house, staying in pajamas all day, playing video games all night? Still \u201cneeding\u201d you to support him\/her? I think not!<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><br \/>So, what can we do today to ensure that doesn\u2019t happen?<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:list --><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Encourage your children to do as much for themselves as they can at every age.<\/li>\n<li>Give them opportunities to feel good about their own accomplishments.<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t get in the way of their \u201cI DID IT\u201d moments.<\/li>\n<li>Be patient and even allow extra time so they can try hard things and fail at them several times before conquering them.<\/li>\n<li>Teach them patience with themselves and to push through the discomfort of failing\u2026even to expect things to be hard, but to never give up!<\/li>\n<li>Insist that your teen gets a job by 16! The lessons are more valuable than you can imagine and prepares them for many aspects of life.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Your kids\u2019 independence also allows you to have your own independence and freedoms! Plus, you get the bonus of having kids who feel good about themselves and their lives.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><br \/>If you want more tips on how to grow your kids\u2019 independence, join me at Coffee with Bette the first Tuesday of each month or call for a private session with me!<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><br \/>Happy Summer!!<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><br \/>With love,<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Bette<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy July and Happy 4th\u00a0of July! I hope you\u2019re all planning to spend time with family enjoying this summer weather and summer vibes. Independence Day is upon us, so let\u2019s&hellip;<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/balancedparenting.com\/?p=11781\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12366,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11781","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/balancedparenting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/balancedparenting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/balancedparenting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/balancedparenting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/balancedparenting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11781"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/balancedparenting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12376,"href":"http:\/\/balancedparenting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11781\/revisions\/12376"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/balancedparenting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/balancedparenting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/balancedparenting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/balancedparenting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}