How To Be A More Patient Parent This Holiday Season

Always Too Hard on Yourself? Try These 5 Exercises ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Dec. 25, 2023 The holiday season, wonderful and memory-making as it can be, is also a long exercise in [patience]( for many parents. Patience for your kids, extended family, and yourself (yes, you need to be patient with yourself, too). This isn’t shocking by any means. But it’s important to be prepared and remind yourself what good patience requires. As important as this virtue is, it’s not easy to come by. When you’re stressed and overtired you might notice you have a much shorter fuse than usual. Hell, you might even think patience just isn’t something you possess — especially when it’s two in the morning on Christmas Eve you can’t seem to put together that playset. But patience is a skill and like any other it can be nurtured and grown. And that benefits everyone. JUST A LITTLE PATIENCE [7 Ways to Be a More Patient Parent, According to a Patience Expert]( Patience is a skill. And like any other skill, it can be nurtured and grown. [These seven exercises can help.]( [READ THIS STORY]( Uncontrollable outside scenarios might play a role in loss of patience, but losing your cool involves internal triggers. FURTHER READING [How To Be More Intentional In Every Area of Your Life]( [Always Too Hard on Yourself? Try These 5 Exercises]( [Quit Overthinking Everything By Following This Advice]( MIX IT UP [6 Holiday Cocktails To Impress All Your Guests This Season]( Including the best batched Egg Nog you’ll ever taste [and a mulled cider Old Fashioned that feels like the holidays in a glass.]( [READ THIS STORY]( NUTRITION [Let Your Kids Eat As Many Sweets As They Want For The Holidays. It’s Good For Them]( Bestselling author Virginia Sole-Smith wants you to challenge diet culture at the holidays — [even if that means the kids don’t eat veggies for a week.]( [READ THIS STORY]( HO HO HO! [“Is Santa Real?” A Psychologist’s Case For Telling Kids The Truth]( The great thing about myths [is that they can survive the truth.]( [READ THIS STORY]( Follow us on: [Want to Advertise With Us? Get in Touch.]( You're receiving this email because you signed up to receive communications from BDG Media. If you believe this has been sent to you in error, please safely [unsubscribe](. Or to manage preferences click [here]( BDG Media, Inc. · 315 Park Ave. South · New York, NY 10010 · USA Copyright 2023 BDG Media, Inc. All rights reserved.